Padang (ANTARA) - The application of Minister of Transportation's Regulation (Permenhub) No. 25 of 2020 concerning Transportation Control during the 2020 Lebaran 'Mudik' (homecoming) Period in W Sumatra has not been maximized because there are still many travelers who pass the border.
W Sumatra COVID-19 Task Force data received in Padang on Sunday the number of people who entered the province from March 31 to April 24 reached 120,589 people while on April 25 there were 122,326 people.
From the data it can be seen that the period April 24-25, 2020 there were 1,737 people who escaped to W Sumatra. The number is indeed reduced from the average number of nomads who enter W Sumatra per day before Permenhub 25/2020 is applied, which is around 4,531 people.
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However, the number also shows that the implementation of Permenhub 25/2020 in the province has not been maximized, it should be that from April 24 to May 31, 2020 there is no land transportation that enter and depart W Sumatra which implements Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB).
Head of W Sumatra Satpol PP, Dedy Diantolani, who is the coordinator of the field inspection at the provincial border, said that the authorities to stop and prohibit land transportation from entering W Sumatra are the National Police, the Indonesian Army and the Ministry of Transportation.
The three elements just started actively serving at the border post to replace Satpol PP officers on Monday (4/27) so that the Minister of Transportation Regulation 25/2020 could also be effectively implemented on that day.
"Previously we were tasked with recording people entering W Sumatra and implementing selective restrictions. When the PSBB was implemented we were not authorized to refer to the Permenhub 25/2020," he said.
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Minister of Transportation Regulation 25/2020 on Transportation Control during the Lebaran Mudik 2020 prohibits land transportation to enter and depart of areas that implement PSBB such as W Sumatra. The rules come into force April 24-May 31, 2020 and can be extended.
Prohibited means of land transportation are public motorized vehicles, with bus and passenger car types. Then individual motorized vehicles, with the types of passenger cars, bus cars, motorbikes, ferry transport vessels, river and lake transport vessels.
This prohibition is excluded for vehicles headed by high institutions of the Republic of Indonesia, officials who take care of Covid-19, operational service vehicles from the TNI and Polri. Exceptions also apply to fire engines, ambulances, hearses and freight cars with no passengers.
Transleted by: Mutiara Ramadhani
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Many travelers still escaped at the border, 1,737 people entered W Sumatra since April 24
Command post on the W Sumatra-N Sumatra border. People who still return to hometown will be forced to return back. (ANTARA / IST)
