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Sominot which comprises of 18 barangays is a fifth class
town in the province of Zamboanga del Sur. It has a population of 16,652 based
on the 2010 census on population of the National Statistics Office (NSO).
Posted by MINDANAO PAGADIAN FRONTLINE
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Sept. 8 (PNA) -– The
Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to complete the
construction of Php6.1 million water system project that would benefit 439
households in five waterless barangays in Sominot, Zamboanga del Sur.
DILG Regional Project Development and Management Unit
chief Eng’r. Moh Ali Hasan said Monday the implementation of the Level II water
system project in ongoing in the barangays of Sawa, Lumangoy, Sto. NiƱo,
Libertad and Rizal, Sominot town.
Hasan said the project is being implemented through the
agency’s "Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig Para sa Lahat" (Salintubig) which
is aimed to increase water service for the waterless population and to reduce
incidence of water-borne and sanitation related diseases as well as to improve
access of the poor to sanitation services.
Hasan said the funding for the implementation of the
project was released in two tranches. The first tranche, which is 50 percent of
the total project cost, was released last February 29 while the remaining 50
percent was released last week.
Sominot Mayor Teodoro Acosta said the
beneficiary-barangays are among the waterless areas in his municipality.
Acosta said the completion of the project will answer the
long-time problem on the availability of potable water supply in the five
barangays.
At present, they rely on wells and underdeveloped springs
as source of water. (PNA)
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