Polri Traffic Corps Head: 42% of Returnees Have Not Yet Entered Jakarta

Semarang, VIVA – The Indonesian National Police continues to focus on securing traffic flow during the 2026 Eid al-Fitr homecoming period through intensified routine activities (KRYD), following the fact that 42 percent of returnees have not yet entered Jakarta. “From our projections, 42 percent have not yet entered Jakarta. We are still managing this. Of course, National Police Headquarters, Operation Ketupat has concluded, but routine police activities have been intensified,” said Head of the Traffic Corps (Kakorlantas) of Polri Inspector General of Police Agus Suryonugroho in Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday, 26 March 2026, in the early hours. He stated that police officers are still in the field to secure local returnees in agglomeration areas. “Currently, there are still agglomeration activities in hometowns, which may lead to a second peak return on 29 March. We are prepared for this,” he said. Polri officially closed the implementation of Operation Ketupat 2026 on Wednesday (25/3) and is carrying out KRYD to secure returnees during the return flow period. Agus said that during Operation Ketupat, the vehicle volume at the peak homecoming flow was the highest in history at 270,315 vehicles. Compared to 2025, there was an increase of 4.62 percent, amounting to 258,512 vehicles. Despite the congestion, he said traffic flow was controlled thanks to traffic engineering measures, one of which is the national one-way system. Meanwhile, from the perspective of public order and security maintenance (harkamtibmas), there were no prominent incidents. He noted that the implementation of National Major Religious Holidays (HBKN), from Chinese New Year, Nyepi, to Eid al-Fitr, proceeded conducive.