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Sunday, November 12, 2017
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MANILA – The government aims to provide at least 500 transitional housing units for displaced residents in Marawi City before December ends.
“We are committing to provide 500 … not later than Dec. 20,” Task Force Bangon Marawi head Eduardo del Rosario told a press briefing in Malacañang.
The number could reach 600 depending on the weather condition, said the task force official.
“Our contractors start working as early as 6 (o’clock) in the morning so they can maximize the time when there is no rain,” he said on Friday.
Del Rosario, also the chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, said they aim to build 1,175 temporary housing units in Barangay Sagonsongan to decongest 69 evacuation centers.
The temporary shelters will have electricity and water, as well as concrete roads that will lead to the provincial capital, he said.
A total of 2,747 permanent housing units were required to be built on a 33-hectare site but San Miguel Foundation of San Miguel Corp. promised to build 5,000.
“We inspected the place yesterday (Thursday), and the instruction of SMC president Ramon Ang for his people to immediately start the construction,” he said.
Meanwhile, the presence of stragglers at the main battle area in Marawi suspended the post-conflict needs assessment, or PCNA.
The PCNA must be completed first for the task force to come up with the Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery Plan, noted del Rosario.
“We have completed 49 barangays and there are still 47 barangays remaining,” he said, adding that they hoped to resume the PCNA by early next month.
The National Economic and Development Authority – in coordination with other concerned agencies, local government units, nongovernment organizations, and civil society organizations – will undertake the rehabilitation plan.
“The focus of early interventions are the following: we will focus on the delivery of food, water, electricity, housing, livelihood, health services, and hospital facilities that were destroyed, the classrooms, place of worship, wet and dry market and road networks,” del Rosario said.
Moreover, the government also plans to transform Lake Lanao into a world-class tourism destination, del Rosario said.
“Iyan, look at the Agus River,” he said. “Iyong mga nakapunta na sa inyo sa abroad, makita niyo lahat ng metropolis mayroon silang river and they are using [them] for boat rides to attract tourists. Mayroong night cruise, mayroong day cruise.”
“So if we can transform that after the rehabilitation para Marawi City will become a tourist place in Mindanao, I think they can rise faster,” del Rosario added. (With Presidential Communications Operations Office/PN)
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