Manager of Tanjung Priok Port`s Passenger Terminal, Suswibowo, said here on Tuesday that his side had coordinated with security agencies to protect post-fasting Lebaran travelers from crimes at the port.
"We will tighten security in the face of Lebaran travelers. Yet we have not maximized the pacification program, because usually, passenger flow peaks on the seven days before the D-Day," he said.
He said that hundreds of personnel would be deployed from among others port operator PT Pelindo, Tanjung Priok Police Resort, Coastal Guards Agency (KPLP) and the Port Administrator.
In order to support the security efforts, he said his side would provide security means and facilities such as 70 CCTVs, 4 patrol cars, 8 mirror detectors, 4 metal detectors and 4 fire trucks.
The Idul Fitri D-Day this year is expected to fall on August 30 or 31, 2011.
According to the ministry of transportation, the number of Idul Fitri travelers this year (2011) is estimated at 15.5 million people, up 4.17 percent compared with last year`s 14.9 million.
Travelers going home from Jakarta alone are predicted to reach 7.129 million, up 12.98 percent from last year`s.
Going to one`s home town during the post-fasting Idul Fitri festivities or Lebaran is an annual event in Indonesia where Muslims have family reunions in the respective villages.
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