BANYUWANGI - Head of the National Search and Rescue Agency (Basarnas) Marsekal Madya TNI Mohamad Syafii directly monitored the flow of the 2025 Christmas and New Year 2026 holidays at the Ketapang (Banyuwangi) - Gilimanuk (Bali) crossing.
In monitoring the flow at the Ketapang Port, Banyuwangi, the Head of Basarnas was also accompanied by the Governor of East Java Khofifah Indar Parawansa, the East Java Police Chief Irjen Nanang Avianto, and the Regent of Banyuwangi Ipuk Fiestiandani and General Manager of PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry (Persero) Ketapang Branch, Ardhi Ekapaty.
"Alhamdulillah, the activities that have been planned by all stakeholders, from the central government to the regions and Forkopimda and friends at ASDP, are all going smoothly," said Mohamad Syafii as reported by ANTARA, Monday, December 29.
He said that from aerial monitoring along the Pantura highway in East Java, especially the traffic flow was running smoothly and relatively conducive.
"From Juanda Airport, I am together with Governor Khofifah, thank God my journey is relatively conducive, hopefully until the end of the Christmas 2025 and New Year 2026 holidays go smoothly," he said.
Meanwhile, East Java Governor Khofifah Indar Parawansa assessed that PT ASDP Indonesia Ferry worked very well by preparing a well-planned plan to face the crossing flow at the Christmas and New Year momentum.
"Now please pray for all of you, hopefully everything will go smoothly and everyone will be safe," he said.
Regarding hydrometeorology, according to Khofifah, based on information from BMKG Juanda, 20 percent of rainfall occurred in December 2025, and 58 percent in January 2026, while the coming February 22 percent.
"What we have done since December 5-31, 2025 is weather modification operations, while in January 2026, we communicated with the BPK because the intensity of the rain was almost three times that of December, so together we were vigilant and mitigated and prayed," said Khofifah.
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