NGCP turns over schoolhouse, water system to Leyte towns

ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Feb. 13 (PNA) – The National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) inaugurated a schoolhouse and water supply project in two neighboring towns here as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility in communities traversed by its transmission line towers.

On Monday, it turned over a PHP3.5 million three-classroom building to Kananga Central School.

Since its establishment in 2010, NGCP has built 25 school buildings in Leyte and Samar province, said NGCP advocacy officer Eva Malilay.

On the same occasion, a separate two-storey seven-classroom building worth PHP9.5 million was also blessed, which was funded from the Kananga municipal government’s Special Education Fund.

The day before, NGCP officials cut the ribbon for a water supply system in Masumbang, Merida town.

The PHP1.5 million project feeds water to a 6,400-gallon capacity reservoir using a submersible pump, paving the way for the development of a level one water system.

Three public faucets are located strategically to serve 59 households in the immediate vicinity as well as the elementary and high schools in the community.

Councilor Virgilio Hitgano said the project means so much for a 4th class town like Merida. Masumbang is a mountain village some 20 kilometers away from the town center.

NGCP Ormoc converter station head Sisinio Quindao requested residents to help them watch over the 13 steel towers spanning six to seven kilometers in their village. He explained that even one pilfered steel bar can compromise a tower’s strength to withstand winds of up to 300 kph.

The steel towers crossing Merida carry the 138kV Ormoc-Isabel line, which runs from the high voltage direct current station in Ormoc up to the 69kV substation in Mahayag, Isabel town. The substation energizes locators of Leyte Industrial Development Estate including Philippine Associated Smelter and Refining Corp.(PNA)

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