PAGADIAN CITY,
Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 12 (PNA) -– The Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) has completed a P1.5 million spring development and water system project
in a remote barangay of Zamboanga del Norte, a DILG official announced Tuesday.
DILG Regional
Director Paizal Abutazil said the newly-completed project, which is located in
Barangay Tanayan, Roxas, Zamboanga del Norte, was constructed through the
DILG’s Sagana at Ligtas ng Tubig sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) program.
Intake box and Power Supply |
SALINTUBIG program provides grant financing and capacity development for planning, implementation and operation of water supply projects poorest barangays with high level of water-borne diseases.
Pump house and chloronator facility |
Abutazil said the project was completed and turned over last week to the beneficiaries. It construction, which was done by phases, started in January this year.
Abutazil said that
all of the residents now have access to safe and clean water with the completion
of the project. Previously, only three percent of the total populations have
access to potable water.
He said the residents
of Barangay Tanayan will no long struggle to fetch water since they now have it
right in their door-steps.
Roxas Municipal Mayor
Jan Henrick Vallecer said the completion of the SALINTUBIG project have solved
the water needs of his constituents, the residents of Barangay Tanayan.
Tanayan Barangay
Captain Risa Pahoway has expressed gratitude on behalf of the residents citing
the project is of great help to them. (PNA)
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