Electricity reaches far Abra sitio in town known for NPAs, violent polls

TINEG, Abra — The much-awaited electrification of a remote village in this town, known for violent elections and presence of communist rebels  has been realized.

This, through the barangay electrification program of the Abra Electric Cooperative with the support of the national government.

Abreco recently lit up sitio Vira, in barangay Alaoa, the gateway to the once-forgotten Tineg town.

Part of the sitio electrification program, last week’s “light-up” was an upgraded barangay electrification project, said Abreco general manager Loreto Seares Jr.

Tineg is a remote town that could only be reached from Bangued, Abra’s capital town, through a  a 65-kilometer, bumpy four-hour ride.

Perhaps the most popular anecdotes about Tinegwas its perennially highly-contested local politics.

Oftentimes, local elections have been violent as  Tineg is a typically poor town though mineral-rich.  

Its roads are unpaved and even its main artery to the province’s capital is deplorable.

“But sooner or later, this will be overcome,” said Seares Jr. who, Mayor Corinthia Dannang-Crisologo, Abra lawmaker Jocelyn Bernos and Governor EustaquioBersamin, first switched on Tineg’s electricity Thursday last week.

With the inroads of electricity into Tineg, added Seares Jr., economic activities would propel its local economy. – Freddie Lazaro