Thousands of relief goods, GI sheets delivered
to typhoon Pablo victims
By David M. Suyao
PATIN-AY, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur, Jan 12
(PIA) - The provincial government of Agusan del Sur has already delivered
38,113 packs of food relief goods and another 24,833 G.I. sheets to typhoon
Pablo victims mostly in the four municipalities in the province.
The food relief packs containing five kilos of
rice, 6 sachets noodles and six tins of sardines were delivered to the most
ravaged municipalities of Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento and Bunawan and some
barangays of La Paz and Loreto where people have almost nothing to eat because
their crops were totally damaged by the typhoon.
“Gov. Plaza and I spent almost every day since
December 6, 2012, two days after the typhoon hit mostly the southern part of
the province, until the other day, distributing relief goods. A day after the
typhoon left, by order of Gov. Plaza, the Provincial Social Welfare and Development
have already produced initial relief goods that we distributed to the most
affected families while assessing the damages left by typhoon Pablo,” Vice Gov.
Santiago Cane said.
The provincial government has initially
distributed a total of 24,833 G.I. sheets to be used as roofs in the
construction of houses for the typhoon victims in the municipalities of Bunawan
with 7,200 sheets, Trento with 15,000 sheets and Barangay Sinubong in Veruela
with 2,633 sheets. This initial distribution is just part of the 126,491 G. I.
sheets with a total cost of P33,266,880 as computed during the meeting of Gov.
Plaza with the six mayors of the most affected municipalities in the province.
The Provincial Engineering Office said totally
damaged house will receive 12 G.I. sheets while partially damaged houses will
receive 6 G. I. sheets.
The World Food Program in partnership with the
PGAS, has also distributed some 25,638 packs to 8,564 the typhoon victims in
the municipalities of Veruela, Sta. Josefa, Trento, Bunawan and Loreto, data
from provincial governor’s office showed. Each pack contains nine kilos of rice
and canned goods.
To date, there are more than 6,000 packs of
relief goods stocked at the Typhoon Pablo relief center at the covered court of
the D.O. Plaza Sports Complex, ready for distribution. (PIA-Agusan del Sur)
