The workers protested when their bus might not pass the West Cikarang toll gate from Cikampek.
Cikarang, Bekasi – Hundreds of employees released a protest after they were not enabled to go through a checkpoint at kilometer 31 of the Jakarta-Cikampek toll road on Thursday due to the ban on homecoming exodus, or mudik.
The objecting workers, who claimed they were headed to Jakarta for work, also taped a 30- second video, which went viral on social media.
In the video, the workers might be seen leaving the shuttle bus they were traveling in, dressed in uniforms and yelling that they were workers headed for work, and not participating in the homecoming exodus, and demanding passage through the gate.
” We are workers, we are going for working. This is Cikarang,” a voice can be heard screaming in the video.
Jakarta Authorities traffic director senior commissioner Sambodo Purnomo Yogo validated the occurrence, saying the employees objected after they were not permitted to go through the West Cikarang toll gate.
” The employees objected when their bus might not pass the West Cikarang toll gate from Cikampek,” Yogo stated.
The toll gate was shuttered as part of the 2021 homecoming exodus constraints targeted at suppressing automobile circulation, he notified.
” The West Cikarang toll gate was closed to prevent (homebound travelers from) crossing, with the vehicle turned back,” he explained.
Yogo assured that the flow of vehicles on the roadway has returned to typical.
” At this minute, the condition is back to regular and the traffic is running smoothly,” he said.
The toll road is among the checkpoints where car access has actually been limited under the “Ketupat” operations this year, with numerous automobiles found breaking exodus restrictions asked to reverse. As of 6 a.m. on the very first day of the homecoming ban, police had actually instructed 725 cars to go back to their points of origin.
Of the overall lorries, 317 were reversed from the West Cikarang interstate, and made up 233 private automobiles and 48 public transport. 408 lorries were turned back from the Cikupa toll gate, and comprised 359 private cars and trucks and 49 public transportation.
Hundreds of motorists and bicycle riders were prevented from taking a trip on arterial paths throughout the limitation operation, said authorities.
Bekasi Cops traffic unit primary adjunct senior commissioner Ojo Ruslani said that numerous cars found breaching the homecoming exodus restriction were reversed and much more automobiles were expected to be asked to do so.
” For about one hour, we have got numerous motorbikes and private vehicles, indicated choosing the homecoming exodus, to turn back,” he revealed.
He said that a person hour after the constraints came into force, around 200 motorbikes, 52 personal cars and trucks, and 5 travel automobiles were turned back. Law enforcement officer also released tickets to travel vehicles and seized automobiles caught slipping homebound passengers past the authorities. (INE)
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