D-9 Lebaran 2022, Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Reminds Residents To Avoid Homecoming April 28-30

Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK) Muhadjir Effendy. (Kemko PMK)

JAKARTA - Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy asked the public to consider the schedule for leaving for Lebaran 2022. He reminded him not to leave during the peak of going home on April 28-30. become the time to leave for homecoming in order to minimize the burden of traffic jams when approaching Eid. "Don't rush to take homecoming at the peak of going home," said Muhadjir after holding a coordination meeting on preparations for going home at the Jasa Marga Pasteur Office, Bandung City, West Java, Saturday, April 23. Therefore, he appealed to the public to go home early in order to avoid the peak of the homecoming flow. So that congestion is expected to occur can be minimized. He also appealed to the public to prepare all aspects as well as possible before going home, including their behavior, both on the way and at the destination.

Homecomers, he said, should not bring souvenirs of the COVID-19 virus to their homecoming destinations. Therefore, people need to fulfill the third dose of vaccination before leaving for homecoming. "Now it is still very wide open at outlets, after tarawih, those who want to go home don't have a booster, go home immediately, so that homecoming is safe, going home will be happy," he said, according to Antara. Meanwhile, Deputy Governor of West Java Uu Ruzhanul Ulum said he had asked companies to provide holiday allowances (THR) to their employees earlier. According to him, if THR was given earlier, people would choose to go home earlier. That way traffic jams at their peak can be minimized. "If THR is given earlier, they will also go home early, West Java indeed has a lot of workers because there are so many factories," he said.

As is known, the Ministry of Transportation has announced that the peak of the 2022 Eid homecoming is predicted to occur on April 28-30.