VILLABA,
Leyte, Aug. 3 (PNA) – “This is a dream come true!”
Thus said
Sambulawan village chief Tessie Mayot during the turnover rites of the
rehabilitated farm-to-market road in her village leading to the national highway.
On Monday,
Leyte Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Renato Badilla turned over to
the local government unit (LGU) the 3.42-kilometer rehabilitated road in
Casili-on village going to Sambulawan village in this town.
Villaba
Mayor Juliet Larrazabal said that with the rehabilitation of this road, farmers
in this area will now find it easy transporting their harvests to the town
proper for trading.
But to
Mayot, who was elated with the completion of this project, stressed the comfort
and safe travel of her constituents and those from San Francisco, Capiñahan,
New Balanac and Cahigan villages,
aside from the easy transportation of their
products, now that this road has been improved.
She recalled
the discomfort and risk they experienced since her childhood days when passing
through the spillway during rainy days.
Aside from
the agrarian reform, more than 3,000 people from six villages are estimated to
benefit too from this project implemented under the Program Beneficiaries
Development component of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), she
added.
Badilla
meanwhile, disclosed that the total cost of this project is PHP11 million with
PHP4.7 million loaned from the Asian Development Bank (ADB), while
PHP6.3-million was shouldered by the LGU.
He
emphasized to the recipient LGU the latter’s responsibility in the maintenance
of the said project. According to him, if properly maintained in good condition
within 10 years, this project will be converted into a grant. (PNA)
LAP/SQM/PR/EGR
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