THE principal landowners of Komo Airfield, block 1787 have petitioned the State to declare Komo Airfield as a facility just as portion 152 within 14 days.
The petition was handed over to Minister Maru by Philip Tukuyawini on behalf of the leaders, landowners, educated elites and youths from Komo Airfield, saying Komo landowners would not allow Antonov 124s carrying components of the Hides Gas Conditioning Plant to land on their land until their demands were met. Komo district is a host to Hides PDL1, Kutubu PDL2, Moran PDL5 & 6, South Hides PDL7 and Angore PDL8. As a result, Komo District would have been one of the best country side city in Papua New Guinea. However, this is not reflected as witnessed by Minister Maru.
Briefly, the petition contains the following demands:
* Recognition of Komo Airfield as facility similar to portion 152 through a supplementary agreement.
* Proper social mapping and landowner identification to be carried out to identify the principle landowners and fairly distribute benefits.
* State and developer to honor their outstanding UBSA and LBSA commitment with respect to Komo Airfield ring road; Komo-Tari highway; Komo township funding; water supply; rural electrification; and
* Revisit resettlement package and other outstanding issues and compensate the landowners accordingly.
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