The Ministry Of Transportation Predicts The Potential For Community Movement To Reach 110.67 Million People During The Nataru Holiday

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi. (Photo: Doc. Ministry of Transportation)

Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi revealed, based on the survey results, the potential for community movement during the 2024 Christmas and 2025 New Year (Nataru) transportation period reached 110.67 million people.

This was conveyed by the Minister of Transportation Dudy Purwagandhi at the Coordination Meeting of the Minister for Preparation for Nataru 2024/2025 which was held at the Coordinating Ministry for Human Development and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia (Kemenko PMK).

"We have conducted a survey. As a result, the potential for community movement when Nataru 2024/2025 reached 110.67 million people. Most of the movements occurred in Java, including agglomeration. This number is what we anticipate," he said in an official statement, Friday, November 22.

Dudy said the prediction of the peak of the first outflow will occur on Tuesday, December 24, 2024, while the prediction of the second peak of the flow will occur on Tuesday, December 31, 2024.

"Meanwhile, predictions for the peak of backflow will occur on Wednesday and Thursday, January 1 to 2, 2025," he explained.

Meanwhile, Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture Pratikno said that the Coordination Meeting was held to ensure that people's movements during Nataru were safe, comfortable, and smooth.

Pratikno assessed that there are many things that must be anticipated to a very detailed level.

The first challenge is that we enter the rainy season. Then there is also the potential for hydrometeorological disasters. So, we must also anticipate excess rain and others," said Pratikno.

In addition, Pratikno also said that the meeting was also held to discuss a number of modes of transportation that would be used by the community during the Nataru 2024/2025 period, be it land, sea, and air.

"In this case, infrastructure readiness is the main concern," he explained.