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Transportation Ministry to keep free 'mudik' program despite budget cut
The free mudik program for the 2025 Idul Fitri holiday season will still run, despite budget cuts, to suppress the use of private vehicles and reduce traffic congestion.
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Participants in the free 2024 Idul Fitri mudik (exodus) program held by Jakarta administration wait for their bus to depart from the National Monument (Monas) Square in Jakarta on April 4, 2024. (Antara/Bayu Pratama S)
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he Transportation Ministry will continue the free mudik (exodus) program for 2025 Idul Fitri holiday season to suppress the number of travelers using private vehicles and reduce congestion along the way.
“The ministry will organize the free mudik program just like in previous years,” Transportation Minister Dudy Purwagandhi said on Thursday, as quoted by the ministry’s website dephub.go.id.
“Despite budget cuts, we will continue the program to suppress the use of private vehicles and reduce congestion on highways during the Idul Fitri period and more importantly for travelers’ safety.”
The free mudik program held by the ministry is available for land, sea and rail transport and will be held in several transportation hubs.
For land transportation, the Land Transportation Directorate General provides 520 buses for 21,536 passengers and 10 trucks to carry 300 motorcycles. There are 31 destinations in Sumatra, West Java, Central Java and East Java.
The Sea Transportation Directorate General provides free tickets for 47,816 passengers for 153 routes, while the Railway Directorate General provides a quota for 16,960 passengers and 7,424 motorcycles.
Dudy also said the ministry was working on an app to prevent multiple registrations for this year's free mudik program.
