TACLOBAN CITY, Feb. 27 (PNA) – The National Housing
Authority (NHA) said building permanent houses for super typhoon Yolanda
survivors in this city is on track, heeding President Rodrigo Duterte’s order.
Citing the commitments of developers, NHA regional
office estate management specialist head Dorcas Secreto said majority of the
housing projects will be completed by end March 2017.
At least 6,089 houses have been occupied by
recipients as of Feb. 13, 2017 out of the 8,422 completed units in 19 sites in
the northern part of the city. Some 2,829 houses are now ongoing, according to
NHA.
The central government aims to build 14,433 units
for Yolanda survivors in this city alone.
"We have to make sure that developers are
compliant to the marching order of the President to complete houses within the
first quarter of 2017," Secreto said.
The Chief Executive promised to return to the city
in March to check on the accomplishment of relocation for super typhoon Yolanda
resettlement sites.
From the original completion target of July 2017,
President Duterte asked government officials to get it done by March.
He also urged concerned officials, including
cabinet members to resign if they fail to provide the basic needs of relocated
families. These include provisions of electricity, water, livelihood, access
road and livable houses for badly-hit families.
Secreto said with the absence of permanent water
supply, the Department of Public Works and Highways and Leyte Metropolitan
Water District will regularly deliver potable water to relocatees.
“It is better to place them in a site without
enough water than in coastal areas highly vulnerable to impacts of natural
calamities,” he added.
On Nov. 8, 2013, super typhoon Yolanda unleashed
its wrath in central Philippines, killing around 6,300 people and leaving more
than 4.4 million people displaced and homeless. The city, the regional hub of
Eastern Visayas region, was considered as Yolanda’s ground zero. (PNA)
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