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==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
==[[Southern Leyte News]]==
'''Catubig LGU to build permanent  evacuation center uphill'''
'''DPWH, DOT, DA convergence in So. Leyte underway'''
*Source: http://leytesamardaily.net/2012/02/catubig-lgu-to-build-permanent-evacuation-center-uphill/
*Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/index.php?menu=2&webregion=R08&article=1301330239380
*24 February 2012
*Monday 27th of February 2012
:by SARWELL Q. MENIANO
:by (PIA8-SouthernLeyte)




CATUBIG, Northern Samar – This flood-stricken town will build a permanent evacuation center uphill to address congestion in municipal hall and two-storey school buildings during floodwater surge, a common scene during rainy season here.
MAASIN CITY, Southern Leyte, Feb. 27 (PIA) -- Three national line agencies, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Department of Tourism (DoT), and the Department of Agriculture (DA), are pooling their technical and financial resources to push for the development of tourism and boost agri-business here in this province.
DPWH-SLED (Southern Leyte Engineering District) will work on key roads that promote tourism, especially those that directly lead to five specific tour sites in the province, while the DOT will provide the funding which, hopefully, will be available within the year, Carlos Veloso, engineer and head of SLED said.
Mayor Fredicanda Dy said that they are now making detailed plan of the proposed four evacuation centers and multi-purpose center that will rise in a three-hectare lot close to the premises of University of Eastern Philippines Catubig campus and Catubig Elementary School in Brgy. Poblacion 1.
Among the sites considered for development under the DPWH-DOT convergence are the roads leading to barangay Danao in this city, the future site of the Maasin Nature and Wildlife Park; improvement of a trail leading to Cambaro cave in Macrohon; a road leading to the planned canopy walk in Silago; a road leading to a crater in San Juan; and completion of the circumferential road in Limasawa.
 
All the five projects have an estimated appropriation of more than P20 million, Veloso said.
“Available space in our designated evacuation centers like two-storey school buildings and municipal hall is not enough to accommodate all people affected by flood,” Dy told Leyte Samar Daily Express.
Regarding the linkage with DA, Veloso said a P 6-million fund is currently available to continue the farm-to-market road connecting Maasin and Bontoc through the mountainous terrains of the two localities, from barangay Lunas in Maasin to barangay Pacu in Bontoc.
 
When completed, this cross-country highway is seen as a big help in cutting travel time for passengers and motorists coming from the pacific and Panaon islands of the province who, at present, use the Bontoc-Bato,Leyte-Maasin route.
Seven of the eight barangays situated in the town center are prone to severe flooding and it lasts up to one week or more based on last year’s experience, according to Dy.
Another P 10 million release for the same project was due to be disbursed this year 2012 so the Lunas-Pacu, Bontoc road can be fully operational and opened for traffic soonest, Veloso further said.
 
The proposed evacuation center with approximately 2,000 square meters floor areas could accomodate more than 3,000 individuals. The site was earlier donated to the local government by the Department of Education and UEP Catubig satellite campus.
 
The mayor said that once the proposal is completed including costings, they will seek funding assistance from the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council, concerned national government agencies and private sector.
The local chief executive admitted that it’s tough for them to identify permanent relocation sites for residents in seven barangays in the town center since almost all areas in Catubig have been identified as vulnerable to flooding.
 
“Dealing with flooding is like a way of life to us. People here are used to it and we are trained on what to do and where to go if there’s non-stop rain,” said Ma. Christine Heriales, a professor of UEP Catubig in a separate interview.
 
The Office of the Civil Defense has been calling local government units to relocate residents from danger zones to ensure zero casualties during calamities. A copy of detailed geohazard map was earlier distributed to LGUs by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau.
 
This 4th class municipality in Northern Samar has a population of 5,689 households in 47 barangays commonly situated along the Catubig River. Thirty barangays have been hit by floods in the past.
 
Other than areas within the town center, flooding are also severe in the villages of Lenoyahan, Opong, Tangbo, Calingnan, Canuctan, Guibwangan, Sagudsuron, and Cagogobngan.
 
“Our concern is more on people in the town center where 90% of the area is very prone to flooding. We have already designated evacuation sites for other villages. About 50 families dwelling along river side were permanently relocated to higher grounds last year,” Dy explained.
 
The deep and navigable Catubig River traverses majority of barangays in Catubig including the town center. Its mouth in Laoang town is located just 18 kilometers from here. The river is about 54 kilometers in length running through 83,600 hectares Catubig Valley.


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