In the town cut off by a massive landslide in PNG, locals walk over buried loved ones to transit essential goods
ABCIn bare feet with mud between his toes, Mark Pukim walks back and forth over the bodies of his relatives, who were buried under rubble in Papua New Guinea's remote highlands. Mr Pukim is one of the human "taxis" transporting essential supplies destined for the town of Porgera, about 90 minutes away from his village in Enga Province. Mr Pukim denies rumours the "taxis" are forcing people who want to cross the landslip to utilise their service and charging them exorbitant fees. "It's a humanitarian crisis," says Kenneth Andrew, who is tasked with coordinating the provincial government's disaster response at Mulitaka. "The prices of goods are just too much for budget that we normally have … public servants are finding it very, very difficult to survive," Mr Oberth says.
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