Ifugao PDRRMC proposes P89 M worth of projects

By Dan B. Codamon

LAGAWE, Ifugao --The Provincial Risk Reduction and Management Council here proposed a total of P89,109,494 worth of projects for the different municipal and barangay disaster councils of the province for validation and approval by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and the provincial governor.

PDRRMC Warning and Operations officer Ambrosio Dulnuan said that the various projects covering all the municipalities and barangays of Ifugao if approved and implemented,  can help very much in the mitigation and prevention of economic damages and loss of lives of the people  caused by disasters, calamities and other emergencies.

Record from the PDRRMC disclosed that the projects to be validated, approved and implemented involve mostly the construction and improvement of municipal and barangay farm-to-market roads, communal irrigation systems, river controls, suspension bridges and foot bridges, among others.

Under the proposal, the municipality of Lagawe will have the highest share of the projects worth P19,302,539.00 followed by Hungduan with P15,756,631.00 and Banaue with P15,198,993.00.

The other municipalities of Lamut has P9,144,476.00, Hingyon with P6,855,000.00, Kiangan with P6,014,747.00, Aguinaldo with P4,335,435.00, Tinoc with P3,976,582.00, Mayoyao withP3,622,758.00, Asipulo with P3,252,399.00 and Alfonso Lista with P1,550,000.00.