Safe Homecoming Healthy Homecoming Together With BUMN 2022, Telkom Sends 1,170 Homecomers To 39 Destination Cities

Telkom President Director, Ririek Adriansyah. (Photo: Doc. Antara)

JAKARTA - PT Telkom Indonesia (Persero) Tbk (TLKM) released 26 buses containing 1,170 travelers in the 'Safe Homecoming Healthy Homecoming with BUMN 2022' program on Wednesday 27 April. A total of 39 cities on the island of Java have become destinations for free travelers this time.

Telkom's President Director, Ririek Adriansyah said that through the 2022 Healthy Homecoming Safe Homecoming program with BUMN, Telkom wants to participate in sharing happiness with people who want to gather with family in their hometown to celebrate Eid.

"Hopefully the program participated by various SOEs can provide abundant benefits for the people of Indonesia," Ririek said in a written statement, quoted on Thursday, April 28.

In addition to supporting the homecoming program, Ririek also added that in order to anticipate the surge in telecommunications traffic during Eid al-Fitr, Telkom has prepared infrastructure and services that are monitored 24x7 by a special national task force in a RAFI Alert TelkomGroup Command Post.

On the same occasion, SOE Minister Erick Thohir revealed that in the homecoming program with SOEs, there were more than 40 thousand homecomers who were dispatched by bus and train transportation modes.

He said this was a form of BUMN's contribution to serve the community at a very special homecoming moment after 2 years of not going home.

"Keep maintaining order and security so that you arrive safely at your destination and gather with your family," he explained.

Safe Homecoming Healthy Homecoming Together with BUMN 2022 itself is a form of safe, responsible and healthy homecoming. It is safe because it diverts tens of thousands of vehicle users, especially motorcycles, from the road to public transportation modes such as coordinated buses and trains.

In addition, this homecoming is also healthy because the travelers have equipped themselves with COVID-19 vaccination doses 1 and 2 as well as Booster Vaccines, as well as disciplined health protocols.