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‘Mudik’ return flow to peak from Saturday to Monday, authorities say
The government will prepare various strategies to anticipate the congestion, including by implementing a contraflow traffic scheme.
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Vehicles traveling from Jombang to Nganjuk are caught in a traffic jam on March 31, 2025, the first day of Idul Fitri, on the Bandar Kedungmulyo arterial road in Jombang Regency, East Java. (Antara/Syaiful Arif)
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he National Police predict that the peak of the return flow of this year’s Idul Fitri exodus, known as mudik, will occur between April 5 and 7, noting that the government will prepare various strategies to anticipate traffic congestion including by implementing the contraflow traffic scheme.
“There may also be fee exemptions on certain toll roads should congestion occur,” National Police chief Gen. Listyo Sigit Prabowo said in a press briefing on Sunday, as reported by KompasTV.
He added that some people, or around 20 percent of the expected mudik travelers this year, opted to return to their respective hometowns on the first day of Idul Fitri on March 31 or the day after, so there would be a spike in traffic in certain areas.
The number of homebound travelers surged ten days ahead of the Islamic holiday, with state-owned airport operator PT Angkasa Pura Indonesia, which operates under the brand InJourney Airports, recording around 4.7 million passengers between March 21 and 31.
Flight traffic across 37 airports was reported at 35,103 with extra flights in all airlines managed by InJourney Airports totaling 1,529.
“InJourney Airports also ensures that there is no passenger congestion at the terminal despite high flight traffic,” InJourney Airports president director Faik Fahmi said on Monday, as quoted by Bisnis.com.
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