Watch This, Important: Registration For The Second Stage Of Free Homecoming For Eid 2022 Opens Monday 18 April

Director General of Land Transportation Budi Setiyadi (left) gives a press statement regarding the 2022 Eid free homecoming at the Bulupitu Type A Bus Terminal, Purwokerto, Banyumas Regency, Saturday afternoon (4/16/2022). (ANTARA/Sumarwoto)

JAKARTA - The Director General of Land Transportation (Directorate General of Hubdat) of the Ministry of Transportation (Kemenhub) Budi Setiyadi said that the registration for the second phase of free homecoming for Eid 2022 will be opened starting Monday, April 18, 2022. around Rp. 10 billion with the number of 530 buses running out. Tomorrow, Monday (18/4) I will reopen the second phase with the same budget," he said on the sidelines of a safety inspection at the Bulupitu Type A Bus Terminal, Purwokerto, Banyumas Regency, Central Java, Saturday evening. Thus, he said, his party could move people from Greater Jakarta to Central Java, including East Java and parts of West Java, about 21,000 passengers including motorbikes, which is estimated to reach 1,100 vehicles. will be transported by truck." If by train it will also be supported because Mr. Mente ri Transportation (Budi Karya Sumadi) has ordered the Director General of Land Transportation, Director General of Sea Transportation, and Director General of Railways to prepare free homecoming for passengers, including motorbikes," said the Director General of Hubdat.

Furthermore, he admitted that the preparation of the Directorate General of Land Transportation in the context of the free homecoming has reached 60 percent because his party has communicated with all intercity interprovincial bus operators (AKAP), tourism bus operators, and all stakeholders. According to him, all parties invited to communicate they are ready with their respective schemes to carry out the mandate of the President of the Republic of Indonesia Joko Widodo as well as carry out the goals or targets of the 2022 Eid transportation. "The first is the safety of our community regarding the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. expect the use of masks, then 'booster' (booster vaccine, ed.), we have to implement that," he said. The Director General said that later in several terminals or other transportation nodes, health services, vaccinations, and antigen test services would be prepared. , he said, related to safety issues from the aspect of traffic accidents u traffic."We minimize and we hope it will not happen (traffic accidents). Hopefully, there will be zero accidents during Eid transportation," he said accompanied by the Head of the Traffic Unit of the Banyumas City Police, Police Commissioner Arie Prayitno. Therefore, he said, the "ram check" (routine safety inspection of public transportation, ed.) is being carried out at this time to ensure and ensure that the vehicle has undergone checks and tests concerning safety aspects. the problem of smoothness is also the comfort of the people who go home for Eid. So, we hope that while on the road, we and the Korlantas Polri yesterday signed a joint decree, later we will carry out a 'one way' scheme, then odd-even, then we will carry out 'contraflow' on the toll road from Jakarta, KM 47 to with KM 414 in Kalikangkung, Semarang," said the Director General.