TABUK CITY, Kalinga - The Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP) here during its session last week has declared the entire province under a state of calamity on account of the heavy damage inflicted by tropical depression Hanna and tropical storm Ineng on crops and infrastructure in the province.
The action of the SP was based on the consolidated report of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) which placed the total damage on local and national infrastructure at P 62M and on crops at P 8M.
The report also revealed that there was one casualty in Pinukpuk municipality in the person of Ronald Te-od, Sangguniang Kabataan president of the Bayao. He was drowned on October 2 while crossing the creek between Bayao and Tuga, Tabuk City which was swollen by rains dumped by the two storms.
The report also stated that some 1,695 families were affected by the calamities. The houses of six families in Pasil and one in Lubuagan were partially damaged by landslides.
Included in the PDCC report were damage estimates from the Department of Public Works and Highways and the National Irrigation Administration which claimed their infrastructures incurred damages worth P19M and P5M, respectively.
SP Resolution 2007-277 also authorized the use of the five percent calamity reserve from the first to third quarters "to alleviate the effects of the calamities." **Estanislao Albano, Jr., Zigzag Weekly, Oct. 14, 2007
The action of the SP was based on the consolidated report of the Provincial Disaster Coordinating Council (PDCC) which placed the total damage on local and national infrastructure at P 62M and on crops at P 8M.
The report also revealed that there was one casualty in Pinukpuk municipality in the person of Ronald Te-od, Sangguniang Kabataan president of the Bayao. He was drowned on October 2 while crossing the creek between Bayao and Tuga, Tabuk City which was swollen by rains dumped by the two storms.
The report also stated that some 1,695 families were affected by the calamities. The houses of six families in Pasil and one in Lubuagan were partially damaged by landslides.
Included in the PDCC report were damage estimates from the Department of Public Works and Highways and the National Irrigation Administration which claimed their infrastructures incurred damages worth P19M and P5M, respectively.
SP Resolution 2007-277 also authorized the use of the five percent calamity reserve from the first to third quarters "to alleviate the effects of the calamities." **Estanislao Albano, Jr., Zigzag Weekly, Oct. 14, 2007
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