Tabuk City, Kalinga – The dead body of the gatekeeper of the National Irrigation Administration Chico River System at Bado Dangwa, this city, who went missing during the height of typhoon Kabayan night of November 4 has been found in Faire, Piat Cagayan on November 8.
Office of the Civil Defense provincial officer Cristeta Reyes said that the searchers from Malin-awa, this city, village of victim Elpidio Balawag, 54, married, were led to his body by Faire residents who were fishing along the Chico river.
Mary Pidcasen, 54, married, residents of Malin-awa, this city who reported the matter to the police the following day, said that Balawag went to close to close the gate at around 7 PM of November 4 and that was the last time he was seen.
Residents of Malin-awa believe that Balawag was carried away by the strong water current of the Chico river brought about by heavy rains spawned by the typhoon Kabayan and drowned. The gate of the dam is across the river from Malin-awa.
Malin-awa residents as well as those of the other barangays in the area use the dam to cross the Chico river which is overflowed by water when the river is swollen.
Despite NIA authorities prohibiting people from crossing the Chico river on the dam, they persist in doing so and since the construction of the dam in the early 80s, at least 10 people have already died after they were carried away by the current while crossing the river on top of the dam. **Estanislao Albano Jr.
Office of the Civil Defense provincial officer Cristeta Reyes said that the searchers from Malin-awa, this city, village of victim Elpidio Balawag, 54, married, were led to his body by Faire residents who were fishing along the Chico river.
Mary Pidcasen, 54, married, residents of Malin-awa, this city who reported the matter to the police the following day, said that Balawag went to close to close the gate at around 7 PM of November 4 and that was the last time he was seen.
Residents of Malin-awa believe that Balawag was carried away by the strong water current of the Chico river brought about by heavy rains spawned by the typhoon Kabayan and drowned. The gate of the dam is across the river from Malin-awa.
Malin-awa residents as well as those of the other barangays in the area use the dam to cross the Chico river which is overflowed by water when the river is swollen.
Despite NIA authorities prohibiting people from crossing the Chico river on the dam, they persist in doing so and since the construction of the dam in the early 80s, at least 10 people have already died after they were carried away by the current while crossing the river on top of the dam. **Estanislao Albano Jr.
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