Buying basic necessities daily is now controlled in Tabubil

Fuel and food consumption in the mining township of Tabubil is now being controlled because stocks are depleting and new supplies are not coming due to low water levels of the Fly River in Western Province.

A concerned public servant in Tabubil who declined to be named told Loop PNG that the “situation is getting worse as no government assistance is reaching Tabubil” the home of the giant Ok Tedi mine.   

“Fuel is a problem, we are facing fuel crisis.”

The source added that vehicles in a day wanting to refill are allowed to only buy K30.

Also buying of food in three major supermarkets is the same, customers are only allowed to buy one packet of store food each in a day.

 "Basically, one food item each for each family, like one tin of fish and one packet of rice," the public servant said.

The drop in the Fly River was the cause in Ok Tedi mine temporarily shutting down and all employers sent to their point of hire few months ago.

 Only few employees are manning the mine site.

Author: 
Charles Yapumi