Villages have no public facilities

Villages have no public facilities

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: Some twelve villages in Jayapura lack
basic social services such as clean water sources and public
transport.

Delila Giay, head of the Kentuk Gressy subdistrict, said so
far, related offices in the provincial administration have yet to
give serious attention to the poor condition in the villages.

"The provincial government has allocated funds to build social
and public facilities in the subdistrict but so far nothing has
been done to resolve social problems in the villages," she said.

Delila, the first Papuan female official in Jayapura, also
said hundreds of students are forced to cover great distances on
foot to reach their school because of the absence of public
transport in the subdistrict.

"The villages have been interconnected with the city but so
far, they have no public transport to get students and travelers
to the city," she said. --Antara