Jakarta – Some 155 thousand workers, including from the Indonesian Cops (Polri) and Defense Forces (TNI), will be deployed to execute Operation Ketupat 2021 on May 6-17, as Muslims will commemorate Eid al-Fitr holidays on May 13-14
” The 155 thousand joint personnel comprise 90,502 policemen and 11,533 military officers, as well as 52,880 personnel from associated institutions, such as Satpol PP (civilian security guards), transportation offices, Jasa Raharja, and others,” Head of Polri’s Traffic Corps Inspector General Istiono informed journalism at Jakarta Cops’s City Jaya Head office here on Wednesday.
The joint personnel will be stationed at 381 seclusion posts as a preventive procedure following the ban on people traveling for homecoming (locally called mudik) this year owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The National Cops has actually likewise developed 1,536 security posts to manage any security disruptions along with 596 service posts and 180 incorporated posts to secure public locations, such as shopping centers, stations, airports, bus terminals, seaports, and tourist attractions.
Some 4,276 workers will be stationed in the capital city and its adjacent locations. The Jakarta Police will release these personnel at 14 seclusion points and 17 check points.
The Operation Ketupat Jaya 2021 is being performed to block access to and from Jabodetabek, to maintain security, and to keep track of the implementation of health procedures to stem the transmission of the coronavirus disease in the past, throughout, and after Eid al-Fitr 1442 H, to name a few.
On the other hand, representative for the COVID-19 Dealing With Task Force Wiku Adisasmito affirmed that all forms of homecoming activities, including the regional homecoming, are prohibited throughout Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr to lower the rate of COVID-19 infection.
” The federal government has actually consented to put a stop to any kind of homecoming. We advise the city governments and the community to end up being good health promo representatives based on a story from the federal government,” Adisasmito mentioned throughout an online interview here on Tuesday in reaction to the local government’s policy of permitting local homecoming activities.
Homecoming activities wherein tourists will satisfy their loved ones typically include direct physical contact, such as shaking hands and hugging, which might transfer the coronavirus faster, according to the spokesperson.
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