The government's concrete efforts are increasingly felt by the people of Trikora Papua

The government continues to launch various programs as an effort to eliminate community difficulties, as felt by residents of Trikora District, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Province, who previously had difficulty getting salt, sugar, and coffee.

One of the government's breakthroughs to reach the region is through subsidized pioneer flights. This program may not have much impact on communities in areas that are easily accessible by air, land, and even ships, such as in the coastal areas of Papua Province.

However, it is a different story with the people of Trikora District in the middle of Papua Island. Because of their geographical location which is not close to the coast or the high seas, they never know how to distribute goods through the sea toll program, let alone see ships or banana boats.

Some people in the six villages in this district have never even seen two-wheeled, four-wheeled, six-wheeled, and even 12-wheeled vehicles that are easily found in urban areas in Papua, such as in Jayapura City. This is because until now there has not been a single road access that has been opened due to the very difficult geographical terrain.

Prior to the pilot subsidy flight program from the command, the condition of the people there was alarming. In order to reach the center of Jayawijaya's capital city in Wamena in order to get their needs for salt, sugar and rice, they have to walk through the rat's path, through the wilderness for four nights or one week.

It was different when they had shopped in Wamena and wanted to bring the groceries back to Trikora. Because they can walk longer when compared to when they come to the city without carrying a load.

Trikora Village, Nanggo Village, Denggelmu Village, Korayaya, Ngulpa, and Koranbrik Village in Trikora are located behind mountains and valleys. This district also borders Nduga Regency, Papua. However, to reach Keneyam, the capital of Nduga Regency, requires the same struggle as when going to the Capital of Jayawijaya Regency.

People who have not yet enjoyed electricity from PT PLN (Persero), only have one airport (lapter) in Anggolok Village. Meanwhile, in three other villages, laptops have been built but have not been completed so they cannot be used.

One of the newly built airports with a runway of about 200 meters is in Kampung Nanggo. However, it has not been used to support flight activities. If the laptop is already functioning, it will really help the community because the distribution of various basic needs will be easier than walking to shop in Nduga or Jayawijaya.

With subsidized flights, people can order groceries through the airline or the government from the city, then pay on the spot or in the Trikora District. In fact they can reach the city in minutes and the cost is quite cheap compared to walking.

This subsidized flight also makes it easier for the local government to distribute various aids to the people there. Indeed, it cannot be directly distributed to every village, because the aid is distributed at the Anggolok airport location.

"We thank the government for sending aid via flights. We are grateful for being able to get (basic goods), because from Trikora to Nduga (it takes) four nights, it is difficult to get industrial goods," said intellectual figure Trikora Anggoma Kalolik.

They hope that the government will gradually complete airfields in other villages, including encouraging subsidized flights to enter new laptops, so that the distribution of aid and basic needs of the community can reach each village with cheaper transportation costs than having to rent a helicopter that flies once. costs between Rp. 40 to Rp. 50 million.

The people there hope that subsidized flights, which have been scheduled twice a week, can run even more smoothly, every day, so that gradually they can enjoy the welfare of residents in 39 other districts in this district.


Can call

Now the people of Trikora can use their mobile phones to communicate with relatives in other areas, because the government has completed the construction of telecommunications networks in most districts throughout Papua.

Even though they can't watch Youtube, access Facebook, Twitter, Instagram like residents in the city center, the Trikora people are very happy because they can communicate remotely with their relatives.

With the access to the telephone, they hope that communication with the government will be even better. For example, when they want to distribute aid, the government can inform earlier by telephone so that the district head and village head gather their residents to welcome the distributed aid so that when the aid arrives, residents immediately take it to their respective homes.

Similar to government programs, such as general elections (elections) that require public participation, organizers can already inform in advance by telephone, so that the community gathers on the appointed day to channel their political rights in electing regional heads and even heads of state.

"We have a telephone network, we can call there. So there must be advance notice so that the public is there," he said.

One local government program that has also received appreciation from the community is the kiosk business assistance for all villages in Trikora.

Jayawijaya Social Service Head Nikolas Itlay said the assistance for Remote Indigenous Communities (KAT) for the community had been distributed this year. Of course, the distribution can only be done by small planes or helicopters.

The assistance, which comes from the Papua Special Autonomy Fund (Otsus) is planned to be sustainable in the years to come, so that people who live near one of the highest peaks in Indonesia (Puncak Trikora), can feel the presence of the government.

Nikolas, who is a former district head in Jayawijaya, admitted that several villages there had not been touched by services so that his service continued to show concern as given to the people of other districts.


Health services

More than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic which drained the local government's budget, health services for the people there stopped. This situation is then being fought for by the local government so that it does not drag on.

To revive the stalled health services there, one of the government's plans by 2023 is to send doctors and nurses to the district. The health worker is planned to stay for more than 3 months in Trikora and then withdrawn from the location to be replaced with other health workers.

Prior to the COVID-19 outbreak, the local government was able to allocate funds to charter helicopters, small planes used to mobilize medical personnel and medicines.

The medical officer who had been sent at that time did not live in the puskesmas, because there was no puskesmas building in Trikora.

"Next year we will only focus on Trikora. So all the money that we propose, we plan to use to fund health workers in Trikora," said the Head of the Jayawijaya Health Service, surgeon Willy Mambieuw.

The very tough terrain in Papua Province did not dampen the spirit of leaders in the country to free their people from backwardness.

The people of Trikora are starting to see and feel this, because the government always cares about the fate of the people, even if it takes great pains to reach them.

SOURCE : https://papua.antaranews.com/amp/berita/694297/usaha-konkret-government-kian-dirasakan-warga-trikora-papua