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By Prince Golez, Manila Reporter
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MANILA – Over 130 cities and municipalities in Regions I, Region 4-A and the Cordillera Administrative Region still experience power outages due to the onslaught of typhoon “Lawin,” a report by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said.
Aside from electrical power distribution, NDRRMC said the typhoon also severely affected water supplies and communication services in Isabela and Cagayan.
In light of recent events, Sen. Nancy Binay urged both the public and private sector to take immediate action for the restoration of electricity and water connections and mobile network service coverage in areas affected by the super typhoon.
“Electricity is crucially needed to pump potable water into households, as some local government units ration residents with water via trucks. Also, intermittent mobile phone signals are still being experienced,” Binay said.
She also encouraged executive departments to engage communities in cash for work activities to restore damaged infrastructures.
The poorest of the poor should be prioritized in the distribution of aid, as well as cash for work programs, said the lady senator who was in Isabela and Cagayan with her father and former vice president Jejomar Binay last weekend to check the extent of the damage wrought by Lawin.
Binay vowed to ensure that there is enough funding for disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction in the 2017 budget.
“Titiyakin ko na may pondo para sa rehabilitasyon at reconstruction ang mga executive departments na may kinalaman sa disaster management, relief, at rehabilitation upang masigurong maisaayos ang mga nasira ng mga nagdaang kalamidad tulad ng mga bagyong ‘Karen’ at ‘Lawin’,” Binay ended./PN
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