Jakarta,
June 14 (Antara) - The government is conducting checks to determine
the condition of vehicles that will be used to transport post-fasting
Ied Fitr or Lebaran travelers who will be headed for their hometowns to
celebrate the Muslim holiday festivities.
The
Transportation Ministry is examining means of transport to be used for
travel by air, land and sea to ensure the safety and security of
homebound travelers, popularly known as pemudik. Such travels will start
early next month.
"All modes are being checked. Physical examination of vehicles will be
carried out till June 24, 2016. Checks are not being carried out
randomly; instead vehicles are being checked one-by-one. Vehicles found
not roadworthy will not be allowed to operate during the Lebaran
transportation season," Transportation Minister Ignasius Jonan said
after a cabinet plenary session on the 2016 Revised State Budget (APBNP
2016) and Reports on Iid Fitr Preparations, held at the Presidential
Palace last week.
Ignasius Jonan said this year the Ministry of Transportation will check
1,200-1,400 buses, locomotives, passenger trains, airplanes and ships.
"If say the tire of a bus does not have a valve lid or its window panes
are broken, it could be repaired or replaced but if it has no
speedometer, it must not operate. Vehicles will not be allowed to
transport travelers if they have no speedometers or their brake lamps do
not function. If the drivers do not have B1 driving license, they will
not be allowed to drive, even though they may have the A category
driving license," the minister said.
The
minister said all public vehicles are to be examined before the Lebaran
travel season so that public bus owners have enough time to rectify any
flaw and ensure the vehicles measure up to the required standard of
transportation safety.
Jonan
said the Lebaran transportation season for land and air transportation
will last for 22 days --- 12 days before D-Day 1 and 10 days after D-Day
2.
"However, the sea transportation season will last for 37
days --- 18 days before D-Day 1 and 17 days after D-Day 2," the minister
added.
The Ministry of Transportation will also set up a national control
command post at its office to supervise 48 type A bus terminals in 14
provinces, seven ferry service ports, 35 airports and all passenger
stations in Java and Sumatra.
He said the land transportation fleet is expected to have 3-4 percent
more buses, totaling 48 thousand buses. Similarly, the air
transportation sector is expected to add 59 airplanes, taking the number
from 510 to 569 airplanes.
The number of train locomotives is also expected to rise by 37 units,
an increase of about eight percent from last year. Trains will increase
in numbers by eight percent to 100 units. The number of ships will
increase by 11 percent to 1,100 ships.
President Director of Railway company PT Kereta Api Indonesia (KAI),
Edi Sukmoro, said recently in Cirebon, West Java, that this year, about
5.3 million travelers will use trains as their mode of transportation to
go to their home towns.
"Last year, the number of train
passengers during the Lebaran travel period had reached 5.1 million. If
this year the number of pemudiks using trains reaches 5.3 million, it
would mean a 5.5 percent increase."
To accommodate the people's
need for Lebaran transportation facilities, PT KAI is preparing 334
regular train trips, including long distance journeys, moderately long
distance ones and local transportation.
It
is preparing to ensure availability of 198,454 seats daily during this
season for travelers who are home-town bound and those traveling in the
reverse direction. "We are also preparing an additional 38 train
departures with provision of 22,308 seats daily," the KAI president
director said.
Meanwhile, the Directorate General of Sea Transportation of the
Ministry of Transportation will conduct physical checks to evaluate the
seaworthiness of 1,273 ships that will ferry Lebaran travelers.
Director General for Sea Transportation Antonious Tonny Budiono noted
in a written statement last week (June 8) that Transportation Minister
Ignatius Jonan had ordered that the ships be evaluated to check their
seaworthiness.
The
orders came vide the minister's instruction No. IM 12 of 2016 regarding
the examination of the worthiness of the means of
transportation. "This is intended to guarantee the safety and security
of the people using the transportation service. Any negligence or
shortfall found during the examination will not be tolerated," he
emphasized.
He
said his side will soon follow up on the minister's directive by
issuing the Instruction of the Directorate General of Sea Transportation
No. UM.008/43/2/DJPL-16, Dated June 7, 2016, on the Examination of
Seaworthiness of Passenger Ships within the framework of the 2016
Lebaran Transportation Service.
In his instruction, the director general had ordered the relevant
agencies to carry out seaworthiness checks on 1,273 ships that will be
used to transport Lebaran travelers. The checks will be conducted from
June 6-12, 2016.
"The head offices of the technical units at the Sea Transportation
Directorate General should physically check the ships' seaworthiness.
The results should be reported to the director general for further
follow-up," he pointed out.***4***(A014/INE)EDITED BY INE
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