150 families need relocation from N Vizcaya erosion site
>> Sunday, November 29, 2020
After 10 people killed
By Liezle Basa Inigo
and Ben Moses Ebreo
QUEZON,
Nueva Vizcaya – After 10 people were killed in a landslide here in Sitio
Kinalabasa, Sitio Compound, and Sitio Bit-ang, Barangay Runrunu, the local
government said there was need to relocate other families to prevent the
recurrence of the tragedy.
“May usapan sa local government na naghahanap sila ng relocation site nila (There’s discussion at the local government, and they’re looking for a relocation site),” said Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Director Col. Ranser A. Evasco.
He said the local government was discussing the immediate evacuation of residents in Barangay Runruno to prevent the same tragedy that killed 10 people recently due to heavy rain of typhoon Ulysses.
There are still 150 families living in the area, and their lives could also be in danger.
It was earlier reported that Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Edgar Martin had already warned that residents of Sitio Bit-ang, Barangay Runruno should immediately leave the geo-hazard area.
He also noted that the landslide could not be attributed to the mining project of the FCF minerals corporation, and said the landslide was a natural occurrence because the mountain soil had already become so soft.
A dialogue is expected in the coming days among the DENR officials of Quezon town and Nueva Vizcaya to address the alternative means for the evacuation of the affected people in the area.
Meanwhile, Gov. Carlos Padilla recently praised efforts of rescuers who helped in retrieving the bodies of the landslide victims at barangay Runruno.
Padilla said the retrieval operations for the landslide victims' bodies were conducted faster than expected because of the systematic movement and efforts among the rescuers.
"This effort should be shared to other Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officers so that they can also adopt it in their communities. Our gratitude to all of you," he said during the recent meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council at the Pasalubong Center here.
Col. Ranser Evasco, police provincial director said retrieval operations lasted for more than a day with the help of their Special Action Force teams, Philippine Army, and rescuers from the Nueva Vizcaya Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and local government unit of Quezon and FCF Minerals Corporation, among others.
Evasco said the fatalities were Julie Ann Tanesa, Ben Junior Bulayo, Dexter Kurt Nah-oy, Cresencia Nah-oy, Francisco Taguiling Napadawan. Jomar Cumihang Ohdon, Noel Tayaban Buyaco, Mark Conie Mangandat Binwag and two unidentified cadavers.
The injured victims were Jaymar Tanesa and Lily Tanesa who are now being treated at a hospital in Solano town.
He said most of the landslide victims were illegal settlers within the geohazard area who came from Quirino and Ifugao provinces. – With a report from PIA 2-Nueva Vizcaya
“May usapan sa local government na naghahanap sila ng relocation site nila (There’s discussion at the local government, and they’re looking for a relocation site),” said Nueva Vizcaya Provincial Director Col. Ranser A. Evasco.
He said the local government was discussing the immediate evacuation of residents in Barangay Runruno to prevent the same tragedy that killed 10 people recently due to heavy rain of typhoon Ulysses.
There are still 150 families living in the area, and their lives could also be in danger.
It was earlier reported that Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer Edgar Martin had already warned that residents of Sitio Bit-ang, Barangay Runruno should immediately leave the geo-hazard area.
He also noted that the landslide could not be attributed to the mining project of the FCF minerals corporation, and said the landslide was a natural occurrence because the mountain soil had already become so soft.
A dialogue is expected in the coming days among the DENR officials of Quezon town and Nueva Vizcaya to address the alternative means for the evacuation of the affected people in the area.
Meanwhile, Gov. Carlos Padilla recently praised efforts of rescuers who helped in retrieving the bodies of the landslide victims at barangay Runruno.
Padilla said the retrieval operations for the landslide victims' bodies were conducted faster than expected because of the systematic movement and efforts among the rescuers.
"This effort should be shared to other Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction Management Officers so that they can also adopt it in their communities. Our gratitude to all of you," he said during the recent meeting of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council at the Pasalubong Center here.
Col. Ranser Evasco, police provincial director said retrieval operations lasted for more than a day with the help of their Special Action Force teams, Philippine Army, and rescuers from the Nueva Vizcaya Disaster Risk Reduction Management Office, Philippine Red Cross (PRC) and local government unit of Quezon and FCF Minerals Corporation, among others.
Evasco said the fatalities were Julie Ann Tanesa, Ben Junior Bulayo, Dexter Kurt Nah-oy, Cresencia Nah-oy, Francisco Taguiling Napadawan. Jomar Cumihang Ohdon, Noel Tayaban Buyaco, Mark Conie Mangandat Binwag and two unidentified cadavers.
The injured victims were Jaymar Tanesa and Lily Tanesa who are now being treated at a hospital in Solano town.
He said most of the landslide victims were illegal settlers within the geohazard area who came from Quirino and Ifugao provinces. – With a report from PIA 2-Nueva Vizcaya
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