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Long queues: Vehicles queue to exit the Palimanan toll road gate in Central Java. On Sunday, vehicles had to queue for up to 11 kilometers before the gates as people from Jakarta and its surrounding cities started to leave for their hometowns to celebrate Idul Fitri. (Antara/Dedhez Anggara )
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he Jakarta city administration says it is checking the roadworthiness of intercity and interprovincial buses that would be used to transport people from Jakarta who want to celebrate Idul Fitri in their hometowns.
The inspections are being done to help achieve an ambitious target set by the central government of having zero accidents during the Lebaran exodus, locally known as the mudik tradition.
“We have checked 867 of buses in the Pulo Gadung, Kalideres, Kampung Rambutan, Rawamangun bus terminals. The governor has ordered us to check all of the buses, not only samples. We will keep monitoring the buses' roadworthiness until June 24,” Transportation Agency head Andri Yansyah said on Thursday.
There are 9,374 buses that will carry passengers during the annual homecoming tradition, Andri added.
The agency has warned bus companies that buses that fail the inspection cannot be used during the holiday season.
“On June 24, we will prevent the unworthy buses from operating. We won’t care if the buses are supposed to take a lot of passengers. We will ask the bus to stop and the passengers to step down from the bus,” Andri said.
Previously, Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan set the goal to have no bus accidents during the peak travel season from June 24 to July 17. “The target is zero,” he said in Bogor recently.
However, last year police recorded 2,346 accidents during Idul Fitri, with 497 people killed, 844 severely wounded and more than 3,000 sustaining minor injuries. (bbn)
