Maintain Consistency

KOMPAS/HERU SRI KUMORO

Prospective passengers of the Jayabaya and Jayakarta trains line up to enter Pasar Senen Station, Jakarta, Wednesday (31/3/2021). The ban on Lebaran 2021 homecoming has made a number of residents have the strategy to return to their hometowns, one of which is to go home early.

The government has banned the Idul Fitri tradition of mudik (exodus) from 6 to 7 May 2021. We are now waiting for the consistency in the implementation of this policy on the ground.

Maintaining consistency is important considering that, although it has been banned, it is believed that there will still be people who go to their hometown during the holidays. As conveyed by Transportation Minister Budi Karya Sumadi in a press conference following a Cabinet plenary session on Wednesday (7/4/2021), according to a result of a study conducted by his ministry, around 27 million people will still travel home. Meanwhile, if the activity is not banned, 81 million people will travel home.