Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture: Eid April 10, Peak Homecoming Flow April 5-8

Coordinating Minister For Human Development And Culture Muhadjir Effendy/PHOTO: Rizky Adytia-VOI

JAKARTA - The government through the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (PMK), Muhadjir Effendy, said that Eid al-Fitr 2024 is expected to fall on April 10.

He made this statement after attending the Ketupat Operations Ketupat 2024 Cross-Sectoral Coordination Meeting.

"Then Eid al-Fitr will almost certainly fall on April 10, 2024," Muhadjir told reporters, Monday, March 25.

That way, the current of Eid Al-Fitr 2024 homecoming is predicted to occur in three days starting April 5.

Even for the backflow, which is predicted to last for 3 days. Muhadjir said the community would return on April 13.

"The peak of going home is expected to occur from April 5 to 8, 2024," he said.

"The reverse flow is expected to occur on April 13 to 16, 2024," continued Muhadjir.

Regarding the flow of homecoming, Korlantas Polri and the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) predict 193.6 million people will return to their hometowns at the moment of Lebaran 2024. Most travelers go to Central Java.

"The first destination for travelers is Central Java, which is almost 61.6 million people," said Director of Law Enforcement or Dirgakkum Korlantas Polri Brigadier General Raden Slamet.

Then, East Java became the second area to be the destination for travelers. It is predicted that 37 million people will go there.

Slamet said West Java was the next region with a prediction of 32 million. The Special Region of Yogyakarta with 11 million people and DKI Jakarta 6.4 million people.

To deal with vehicle density during the 2024 Eid Al-Fitr homecoming flow, Korlantas Polri implemented several traffic engineering, namely, contraflow, one way, and even.