DILG to complete Php6.1-M water system project in Zamboanga del Sur town

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Mun. OIC treasure of Sominot ,Roselie A. Guiritan

(3rd from L-R) receives the second tranche check.

(L-r) Accountant II Joan Pelenio, Cashiering Unit Head

Bonita Paclibar and PDMU Chief Moh Ali Hasan.

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. Niño, 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.

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).

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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