Valley tribe resettled

Valley tribe resettled

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Many people once living in the thick
jungles of the Baliem Valley have now been resettled along the
new Trans Irian Jaya highway.

Head of the Irian Jaya Public Works Office Ukon Kusnaedi said
that this is a positive development step for Irian Jaya because
the government intends to establish settlements along the
strategic highway linking Wamena with Jayapura.

Ukon said that eventually, transmigrants from outside Irian
Jaya would also be settled along the 600 km highway, the Antara
news agency reported. (emb)