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In East New Britain, there is an immediate need to fund water supply projects on Duke of York Islands in the Kokopo district.
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The National/ Pacnews
Tue, 22 Apr 2008
PORT MORESBY, PNG ---- The prolonged dry spell this year has led to the death of two people and has affected islanders in East and West New Britain provinces, reports The National.
In East New Britain, there is an immediate need to fund water supply projects on Duke of York Islands in the Kokopo district.
An information paper was presented last Friday during the Kokopo joint district planning and budget priority committee meeting outlining the effects of the dry spell on the islands.
Duke of York local level government president Isaac Ilom said dry has been experienced since February. He said the islanders were drinking unsafe water from recently dug wells both inland and along the shores.
A government team from Kokopo has gone to the islands to check on the severity of the drought Health facilities on the island registered more than 50 cases of diarrhoea that have passed through the Molot Health Centre.
Mr Ilom said the dry spell have led to the closure of schools while more than 2,000 gardens have dried due to lack of water, and two reported deaths on Mioko Island related to drinking unsafe water.
There was also a reported case of a young boy who nearly drowned while paddling a canoe to Makada in search of drinking water.
Mr Ilom said they expect shortage of good crops to continue for the rest of the year. In West New Britain severe drought was reported on islands on the south coast.
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