Eid Backflow, 1,700 People Leave Batam Using Pelni Ships

BATAM - A total of 1,700 people left Batam, Riau Islands using the Pelni KM Kelud ship to Belawan, North Sumatra today, Tuesday 10 May.

"From Batam today it is quite crowded, there are 1,700 passengers leaving this area," said Head of the Batam Pelni Branch, Agus Suprijatno in Batam, quoted from Antara, Tuesday 10 May.

He explained that this backflow from Batam to Belawan would continue until May 12.

"There is a possibility that there will be more improvements for the next schedule," he said.

Meanwhile, passengers who disembarked in Batam from Jakarta, today are not too crowded compared to the data on Friday, May 6, as many as 1,965 passengers.

"Those who got off this morning in Batam were around 1,354 passengers from Jakarta," he said.

From observations at the Pelni ship ticket sales counter, thousands of people are already queuing up to scramble to buy ship tickets.

Most of them came there with their families. Their luggage also looks quite a lot, such as suitcases, food boxes and others.

Before boarding the ship, they also carried out several checks such as checking vaccine cards and checking Customs.