Visiting Merak Port, General Listyo Sigit Says There Is An Increase In Homecoming

National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo/ Photo: Doc. Banten Police

MERAK - National Police Chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo appreciates the people who have followed up on President Joko Widodo (Jokowi)'s call to go home for Eid Al-Fitr or Lebaran in 2022 before the prediction for the peak flow of going home on April 28-30 2022.

This was conveyed by the National Police Chief when reviewing the readiness of going home at Merak Port together with the Coordinating Minister for Human Development and Culture (Menko PMK) Muhadjir Effendy, Minister of Transportation (Menhub) Budi Karya Sumadi Minister of Public Works and Public Housing (PUPR) Basuki Hadimuljono and related stakeholders. others, Tuesday, April 26.

"On the one hand, we are also very grateful and appreciative of the people who have listened to the homecoming appeal delivered by the President, of course, which has been followed up by the relevant ministers to urge the public to go home early," said Sigit after visiting Merak Port.

Sigit said, from the monitoring results, there had been an increase in the flow of homecoming carried out by the community before April 28-30 2022. According to Sigit, going home earlier that was decided by the community would further prevent potential traffic jams on D-4 to D-1 Lebaran.

"We can see that, from yesterday and today, the homecoming activity has started to show and of course this is very good, especially for breaking down congestion. In particular, it is predicted that the peak of the homecoming flow is predicted on D-4, D-3, D-2 and D-1 If we can solve this, of course, we hope that we can reduce congestion even more," said Sigit.

Regarding his review, Sigit stated that this year's Lebaran homecoming movement had also occurred at noon today. The reason, said Sigit, from the reports received, Merak Port has entered a yellow situation due to the surge in passengers.

"This afternoon, we saw that we had entered a yellow situation, meaning that there was a temporary stop on the route that had been prepared and then we saw that the entire pier looked full. This means that on the one hand we see that there has been a shift in the time of people going home, especially in the Merak area. "said the former Head of the Criminal Investigation Unit of the Police.