Papa Lealea village

The two villages will now have access to 40 taps of water located in different areas of the village including the Papa primary school, Bogi and Metago.

Although the water supply will be supplied for free for the first 17 days, the grace period will end on the 31st of December, taking note of the day the supply started.

Meantime, the struggle will be final lessened for villagers and especially the women folk .

The water supply, an Initiative of the provincial government will be implemented later today.

This follows the ground breaking ceremony in March this year.

Present at the launching ceremony will be dignitaries, including Member for Kairuku Hiri, Peter Iso Aimo, and representatives from the Governor’s office and Water PNG, including CEO and Managing Director, Raka Taviri.

Taviri said water supply is a most important basic need.

He also highlighted some of statistics including the effect of climate change and its impact.