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Thousands of people are ready to go to their hometowns prior to the Idul Fitri celebration in July 2015 by taking free buses prepared by state-owned insurance company PT Jasa Raharja. ( tempo.co/Aditia Noviansyah.)
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t least 12 companies and government institutions will organize homecoming trips for low-income families living in Jakarta and its surrounding cities to their hometowns by preparing buses, trains and even a plane for them to use for free.
They have reported their plans to the Jakarta Police, said the head of the force’s law enforcement division, Adj. Sr. Comr. Budiyanto, on Monday.
State-owned Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI), for example, has prepared 105 buses that are to depart from Parkir Timur Senayan (the eastern parking lot of Senayan), Central Jakarta, on June 28 at 7 a.m., said the police officer, adding that the company would also prepare a KA Anggrek Bima train and a CityLink plane to go from Jakarta to Makassar on June 30.
Meanwhile, state-owned insurance company PT Jasa Raharja has prepared 435 buses to transport people to Central Java, East Java, and Lampung on June 29 and 30 with the assembly points also at Parkir Timur Senayan. The company has also prepared four trains.
Meanwhile, an office of the Central Java provincial representatives in Jakarta has prepared 398 buses for July 2 as well as four trains. PT Sido Muncul, a mixed herb producer, has prepared 407 buses for the trips to the West Java cities of Bogor, Bandung, Cibinong, Cikampek and Kuningan, as well as to the Central Java city of Tegal.
PT Indofood will organize trips to the West Java capital of Garut and to Bogor with 40 buses on June 30 that would depart from the Jakarta Fair Ground in Kemayoran, Central Jakarta. PT Astra Honda Motor will prepare 54 buses for trips to Yogyakarta and Semarang and 20 trucks to transport people's motorcycles on July 1.
Other companies that have prepared transportation for the idul Fitri exodus are state-owned oil and gas company PT Pertamina (75 buses), PT Wahana Makmur (30 buses) and PT Bank Negara Indonesia (BNI) 80 buses and 1,000 train tickets. PT Carrefour Indonesia has prepared 50 buses and a state-owned telecommunications company has prepared 95 private cars.
Meanwhile, the Transportation Ministry has prepared 533 buses and 240 trucks to transport motorcycles.
“We called on those institutions to check the roadworthiness of the vehicles before they are used to transport Idul Fitri holiday-makers,” Budiyanto said as reported by beritajakarta.com. (bbn)
