More than one hundred and sixty families at Lae’s Javani Tais settlement have been served eviction notices bythe Morobe Provincial administration.
The settlement sits on several hectares of what used to be swampland.
Nowthe provincial government has giventhe settlers a month to get offthe land or be forcefully evicted.
Dominic kaima is a mechanic who started a small business two years ago.
On Sunday he and several thers were given hand written eviction notices that appear to have come fromthe provincial administrator. The notices beatrthe title ofthe person but notthe name. Dominic says that eviction forms were signed before his details were written onthe paper. He is questioningthe athenticities ofthe eviction notice.
Likethe hundred and sixty thers, Dominic came here 15 years ago whenthe land he lives on now was swamp land. It took nearly two decades to clearthe area, drainthe water and reclaimthe land.
 In a month’s time Pauline Nelson will have to find anther place to mover to. She has children and she doesn’t know wherethey will go. “Whenthey gave usthe eviction notices, we mthers were sorrowful in our hearts. “ Pauline said.
For now, it is not clear who wantsthe lands and for what purpose, but what we do know is that this large portion of land sits nearthe biggest port development in Papua New Guinea A project that is expected bring in a large amount of revenue for the Morobe Province and as it is turning out many people will be displaced asthe expansion of this part of Lae city continues.
Dominic kaima is a mechanic who started a small business two years ago.
On Sunday he and several thers were given hand written eviction notices that appear to have come fromthe provincial administrator. The notices beatrthe title ofthe person but notthe name. Dominic says that eviction forms were signed before his details were written onthe paper. He is questioningthe athenticities ofthe eviction notice.
Likethe hundred and sixty thers, Dominic came here 15 years ago whenthe land he lives on now was swamp land. It took nearly two decades to clearthe area, drainthe water and reclaimthe land.
 In a month’s time Pauline Nelson will have to find anther place to mover to. She has children and she doesn’t know wherethey will go. “Whenthey gave usthe eviction notices, we mthers were sorrowful in our hearts. “ Pauline said.
For now, it is not clear who wantsthe lands and for what purpose, but what we do know is that this large portion of land sits nearthe biggest port development in Papua New Guinea A project that is expected bring in a large amount of revenue for the Morobe Province and as it is turning out many people will be displaced asthe expansion of this part of Lae city continues.
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