Southern Leyte Farmers Get P33.4 Million Road Project From Duterte Gov’t
The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has turned over to
the local government unit (LGU) of Silago, Leyte, the remaining farm-to-market
road project that would help raise the income of agrarian reform beneficiaries
at the Katipunan Agrarian Reform Community.
DAR Undersecretary for Policy, Planning and Research David
Erro led the turnover ceremony held in Barangay Katipunan on August 2 to
transfer the management of the 4.21-kilometer all-weather road traversing from
Junction Katipunan to Barangay Catmon to Silago.
In a news release issued August 3, Erro said the DAR, aside
from providing land, also provides support service projects, such as
farm-to-market roads, to increase the beneficiaries’ agricultural production
and family income.
Regional Director Sheila Enciso said the P33.49-million
project cost of the Katipunan-to-Catmon road is shared by the LGU of Silago and
the DAR under the third phase of the Agrarian Reform Infrastructure Support
Project grant.
Enciso said the Katipunan-to-Catmon farm-to-market road
would benefit 583 agrarian reform beneficiaries and 40 other residents from
neighboring barangays.
He called on the recipients to manage and maintain the
infrastructure in good condition since it will be subjected to monitoring for
10 years.
In her acceptance message, Mayor Pacita Almine thanked the
DAR for the convenience and advantage the project would bring to her town,
especially in making it accessible to other barangays, thus opening up other
livelihood opportunities for the residents.
Source: SunStar PH
Southern Leyte Farmers Get P33.4 Million Road Project From Duterte Gov’t
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