Ministry Of Transportation Will Soon Issue Permenhub For Lebaran Transportation Control

Illustration- Prospective passengers buy AKAP bus tickets at the Lintas Pasar Terminal Friday, Lebak Bulus, South Jakarta, Monday (29/3/2021). ANTARA / Dewa Wiguna.

JAKARTA - The Ministry of Transportation will immediately issue a Minister of Transportation Regulation (Permenhub) on Transportation Control during Eid al-Fitr in 2021 as a support as well as a follow-up to the ban on going home that has been announced by the government.

"We remain consistent in implementing the policy of prohibiting going home. Today we are finalizing the Permenhub which we will publish in the near future, ”said Minister of Transportation Budi Karya Sumadi in a press statement in Jakarta, reported by Antara, Sunday, April 4.

Previously, as a follow-up to the results of the Covid-19 Handling Committee meeting and National Economic Recovery which was held on March 23, 2021 and the Ministerial Coordination Meeting on Preparation for the Idul Fitri 1442 H / 2021 on March 26, 2021, Coordinating Minister for PMK Muhadjir Effendy has issued a letter to Ministers and Heads of Institutions on March 31, 2021, which contains a decision to eliminate Lebaran homecoming activities in 2021.

The prohibition applies to both state civil servants, TNI-Polri, BUMN employees, private employees, independent workers, and the entire community.

The homecoming ban will take effect on 6-17 May 2021, and before and after that date, people are advised not to carry out movements or activities outside the region, unless it is really in an urgent and necessary situation.

Following up on the decision to prohibit going home, Budi Karya said that his party would continue to carry out intensive coordination with the Covid-19 Handling Task Force, related Ministries / Institutions, TNI / Plori, and Regional Governments, in the context of drafting the Minister of Transportation Regulation on transportation control during Eid al-Fitr in 2021.

"So we reiterate that the decision to ban going home this year is final. For this reason, we ask the public not to go home this year so that things that we don't want do not happen, namely the spike in Covid-19 cases, "he said.