Pemudik at Tanjung Priok Not Crowded

TRIBUNNEWS/HERUDIN hundreds of passengers scrambling up to the motor boat (KM) at the port Passenger Dobonsolo Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, Monday (14/8/2012). Seven days prior to lebaran, an increase in passengers who will go to several regions in Indonesia.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com -today, Wednesday (15/8/2012), the current Passenger Terminal, home town in the archipelago to be-2, port of Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta, has not yet reached its peak. Although, before the dipredikasikan will quickly become unmanageable pemudik start H-8 to H-5.

A spokesman for PT Harbor Indonesia (Pelindo) II, Sofyan Gumelar this year revealed, the ships using pemudik predicted increased by 6 per cent in fact up to the H-5 not yet too crowded. According to Sofyan, this time a ship just for pemudik 4 percent. In the past year, accounting for H-15 up to H + 15 lebaran reach 48.500 pemudik. Meanwhile, this year is expected to approach the increase initially 51.000 pemudik. This time, the ship had been carrying as many as 19,000 pemudik up to H-4.

"The increased arrival of ships instead more or less 20 percent. The passengers were mostly derived from Pontianak even Bangka Belitung, "said Sofyan Gumelar.

As known ship provided by anticipate 22 surge current mudik lebaran this year. As for those ships, Motor boat (KM) Mount Dempo, KM Labobar, KM Ciremai, KM, KM Bukit Raya volcano Kelud mountain. In addition, PT Pelindo II, TNI AL and Ministry of transportation held forth for free citizens of Jakarta, on Thursday (16/8/2012) tomorrow. There are 5,000 pemudik which would fit with 100 bus with the intention of Lampung, Palembang, Bengkulu, Padang, Cirebon, Semarang, Surabaya, Madiun, Solo, Yogyakarta, Malang.

Not only that there was also HMS Banda Aceh from TNI AL aimed pemudik 1,200 people using two-wheeled vehicles. The ship was a warship is carrying passengers for the purpose of Semarang. In order to support the security and comfort, semi-autonomous pemudik provides a variety of facilities. Starting from posko health, integrated and posko transport command post lebaran. Then, in order to safeguard the security of 120 personnel also prepared a joint comes from the Sea and Coast Guard Units. There is also CCTV cameras, metal detector, and the patrol car. Do not forget the car fire was also prepared.