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Lubuagan water project to benefit 100 households
By Peter A. Balocnit

LUBUAGAN, Kalinga – The long wish of residents of Barangay Tangadan here for water supply in their households is expected to be realized by March, thanks to President Macapagal Arroyo’s Priority Program on Water (P3W) through the Department of Public Works and Highways. Engineer Roy Dickpus, project facilitator of the Kalinga District Engineering Office said Tangadan was chosen beneficiary for this year’s P3W after Sumadel 1 and 2 in Tinglayan, whose level 2 water system project was completed July last year.

He said the Lubuagan Level 1 project will benefit 100 households including those in adjacent sitios of Barangay Poblacion. “It will commence work on February 4 and targeted to be completed on March 25, this year,” he said adding the project amounting to P497,149.44 sourced out from the DPWH regular infrastructure allocation.

Carlito Banao, project engineer said the scope of work covers the construction of an elevated water tank with 22.5 cubic meters capacity and installation of pipelines and distribution pipelines and 10 communal faucets to serve cluster households. “Water supply will be sourced from a mountain spring that is free from water borne diseases.

He said 12 laborers will be hired under the employment generation scheme. Engineer Ruby Uyam of the construction and maintenance section of KDEO said the lack of water supply in the community makes life difficult for the residents specially Kalinga women who carry the burden of fetching water from a far source.

“With water supply within a few steps away from the kitchen, household chores will be easier to do and the time saved for working mothers and children will be utilized for other productive endeavors,” Uyam said.