Long traffic jams every year

Hello, my friends. Meet again in my writings on this read.cash platform. Btw, the month of Ramadan is coming to an end. In a few days, Idul Fitri will be celebrated by Muslims as a big day. Talk about Eid. Indonesia is a country where the majority are Muslims. In fact, from several sources that I have read, most Muslims in the world are in Indonesia. So, every time before Eid al-Fitr, workers are given more than two weeks of leave. So it's not surprising that many migrants or migrant workers take the day off to do "Mudik".

Maybe you don't know what "Mudik" is. So, “Mudik” is a verb used by most Indonesians which means to return to one's hometown. So every year, the nomads or migrant workers will return to their hometowns when they are given a sabbatical by the company where they work. This year I didn't go back to my hometown because I didn't have the money to buy a plane ticket to Central Java Province, where I was born and raised.

In 2020 and 2021, the Government prohibits people from going home or returning to their hometowns. This is due to the widespread transmission of Covid-19 that occurred in Indonesia. However, this year, the Government allowed people to return to their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with their families in their hometowns. Therefore, many Indonesian people are very enthusiastic about doing "Mudik" this year.

As a result of the enthusiasm of the community to carry out this "Mudik" activity, it causes long traffic jams on toll roads. A teammate of mine at the office named Wahyu, this morning left by car to go home. So, this afternoon around 4:00 pm, he called me and told me he had been stuck in traffic for six hours in the car. You can imagine how boring it is to be stuck in traffic for six hours. But luckily, he had prepared two jerry cans of petrol and a spare tire. Because he had experienced something similar in 2019. Congestion was worse than this year. My friend Wahyu ran out of fuel when he was in a traffic jam, so the petrol sellers raised the price 10 times the normal price. Wahyu was forced to spend a lot of money to buy gasoline to be able to celebrate Eid in his hometown with his family.

It seems that traffic jams every year before Idul Fitri cannot be prevented or eliminated because a lot of Indonesian people work outside their area. So that when they get to leave, they will return to their hometowns to be able to celebrate Eid with their beloved family. In your opinion, what kind of policies should be carried out by the government to overcome traffic jams every year? Give your opinion in the comments column, friends. Thank you

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