Tsak valley

The K50 million project extends the Ramu grid into the Tsak Valley in the Wapenamanda District in Enga. The project is jointly funded by New Zealand and Australia under the five-nation PNG Electrification Partnership (PEP) and implemented by PNG Power Limited (PPL).

The project is expected to connect up to 5500 rural households, schools, health centres, government offices and businesses within 500 metres of the distribution lines along accessible roadways.

This is the outcome of the signing of the Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership in November 2018 by PNG, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and the United States.

Under the agreement, the New Zealand government was nominated to implement the program.

The 30,000 people living in Tsak valley are now enjoying a better and upgraded road network which has been impassable over the years, thus reducing travelling time to and from Wapenamanda.

Last Friday, the Ambassador for Japan, His Excellency Morio Matasumoto and his delegation, accompanied by the Foreign Affairs and Immigration Minister and Member for Wapenamanda, Rimbink Pato, inspected the bridge and other project sites in the electorate.

The people from surrounding areas, including public servants, came in numbers to witness the occasion.