Dadang Mudik's Story From Mangga Dua To Tasikmalaya Using Bajaj, 12 Hours Just Until Nagreg!

Dadang's Bajaj stuck in traffic in the Nagreg area, Bandung Regency, West Java, Saturday, April 30 (Photo: ANTARA/Bagus Ahmad Rizaldi)

JAKARTA - The enthusiasm of the community to be able to go home for Eid 2022 is felt. In fact, there are those who are willing to do unusual things to return to their hometown.

An example is Dadang's family, a resident who lives in Mangga Dua, Jakarta. He traveled from Mangga Dua to Tasikmalaya using a bajaj!

Dadang said that with his wife and child he left his house at around 05.00 WIB. He traveled for 12 hours from Jakarta to Nagreg, Bandung Regency, Saturday 30 April.

"Departing from Mangga Dua after the dawn prayer, at five o'clock, using the usual route," said Dadang as he passed in front of the Cikaledong Nagreg Homecoming Security Post, as reported by Antara.

Dadang was found when his rickshaw did not move in front of the security post when it was caught in a traffic jam. He was still in the driver's seat, while his wife and child were asleep in the back seat.

According to him, he and his family are used to going home using the three-wheeled vehicle. Even the traffic jams on the homecoming route, he said, were already used to it.

"Yes, it's normal, there was also quite a traffic jam from there, but earlier in Bandung there was also a flood," said Dadang.

Meanwhile, at 17.00 WIB, the condition of the homecoming flow in the Nagreg area is quite crowded with travelers. Sometimes the current is smooth, and several times the current is so dense that it doesn't move.

Density in the area, none other than because of the narrowing of the lane in the Limbangan area, Garut. In addition, the slowdown in traffic is also due to travelers looking for a place to break their fast.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Nagreg Sector Police, AKP Hima Rawalasi, said that his party had made diversions several times. Vehicles headed to Limbangan, were diverted to Kadungora, Garut.

"We divert it to Kadungora, Garut, if Limbangan is too heavy for the route. And vice versa," said Hima.