Flooding delays employees' paydays

Flooding delays employees' paydays

SORONG, Irian Jaya: Heavy flooding, affecting three of the regency's subdistricts, has badly disrupted land transportation in the rural areas.

Many civil servants in the subdistricts of Ayamaru, Aifat and Aitinyo have been unable to have their rice and pay transferred over the past three months because the only roads are cut off.

The floods have also caused prices to soar. For example, the price of salt has tripled to Rp 2,000 (93 U.S. cents), Antara reported.

In Aifat, shops are running out of supplies and there are growing fears of a crisis happening, the report said.

A public works official admitted that the only road connecting Aifat and Sorong was cut off due to shoddy construction. (pan)