Madang MP Bryan Kramer says one of his 2017 election campaign policy was to address urban drift, hence the exercise.
Once known as the ‘Pearl of the Pacific’, Madang town has now become one of the most notorious centres in the country.
Now into its second week, the social mapping program was rolled out to address the escalating urban drift and lawlessness that has plagued the once peaceful town.
“We’ve started social mapping…up to 300 houses already in one area of Madang where there’s a settlement that turned up in the last 5 years on church land,” stated Kramer.