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BY PRINCE GOLEZ
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January 29, 2018
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MANILA – More standalone evacuation centers must be built across the country, according to Senate President Pro Tempore Ralph Recto.
Recto filed Senate Bill No. 805 proposing the establishment of at least one multiuse and disaster-resilient gymnasium to be used as evacuation center in every city and municipality.
“These structures are needed in the second most disaster-prone country in the world where mass evacuations happen all the time,” he said.
They “[address] the shortage of covered sports facilities in municipalities and the need for a disaster-resilient safe building people can seek shelter in during calamities,” he added.
Such structures also limit the use of schools as evacuation centers.
“Disasters displace two kinds of people: those who are directly hit and the children who – though unscathed – have to temporarily give up their classrooms to evacuees,” Recto said.
“Kaya dapat given na itong mga gyms na ito,” he added. “Bahagi ng ating disaster response infrastructure.”/PN
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