Develop proper control measures for land

THE influx of people from remote to the urban areas is increasing and unplanned settlements are popping up in almost every unoccupied land.
The relevant government authorities should do something about that to avoid chaos.
Proper control measures should have been in place to avoid evictions and other related issues.
In the struggle to survive in urban areas, people just settle anywhere they see fit without no regard for land or property owners.
Many settle in lands without proper documentation and claim them as their own.
Some build high-covenant houses and when eviction takes place, the pain of losing what they have worked for over the years is unbearable.
The lives of many are badly affected in the process because there is no proper arrangement at the first place.
A man from Western Highlands gathered capital from his PMV business and built a complex for rent in Wildlife in Port Moresby, near Total fuel station.
Sometime later, he was told by the National Capital District Commission to vacate the area as they were going to build the current roundabout there.
All his neighbours left upon receiving the notice from the NCD Commission but he refused and stayed with his family.
While they were asleep at around 2am, a police unit broke in and tied up all the family members and forcefully evicted them.
Soon after that, an excavator went and bulldozed the whole building.
A week later, the man had a stroke and passed away leaving his family.
People are becoming refugees in their own land.
A wider consultation is required to amend the Land Act so that free land is used to benefit city and town authorities as well as the people.

Jeffsatu, Lypin Lokait
Pom