Intan Jaya, IDNtribune.com – Year after year, things keeps changing. Intan Jaya, which was once a wilderness, continues to metamorphose into a beautiful butterfly. If Intan Jaya was a human figure, maybe she would testify and tell about her changes.

Not many residents feel comfortable staying for long in Intan Jaya. However, this was different foe Mr. Markus Majau and Mama Wetipo. Both of them are living witnesses of Intan Jaya’s transformation to become the city of civilization it is today. Exciting stories from the dense jungle, tribal wars, OPM security disturbances to the availability of water in Intan Jaya thanks to the construction of Hydram Pumps and water reservoirs made by Kostrad Personnel with details they tell.

That day, the two of them were present at the Preparations done by the 330/Tri Dharma Raider Infantery Batalyon Task Force in order to take part in the virtual inauguration ceremony of the Indonesian Army Water program, on Tuesday (25/07/23). “Thank you, Chief of the Army, the Armed forces has always been coming to the villages to help the people, including now there is a water program,” said Mr. Markus happily. “Since I was born in 1973, it is only now that residents in Intan Jaya have had easy access to clean water, thank you TNI,” continued Mama Wetipo.

In the official news released by the Task Force, Major Dedy Pungky, as the mission commander, explained that the Indonesian Army had built hydram pumps, piping and clean water storage tanks spread across 6 villages and 4 Army posts in Intan Jaya. “Thank God, the existence of the Indonesian Army water program can provide benefits to hundreds of residents in Intan Jaya,” he said.

At the end of the activity, Major Dedy Pungky, as mission commander, gave Tali Asih in the form of basic necessities to the two of them. “This is perfunctory assistance, please accept it, hopefully it will be useful, the army will always be there for the Indonesian people,” he said kindly. ***