ILIGAN City — Forty-seven sets of heavy equipment from the People’s Republic of China through its Emergency Humanitarian Assistance Program were turned over to the Department of Public Works and Highways for the rehabilitation of Marawi City.
Shipped from the Port of Shanghai to Iligan Port, the heavy equipment include eight excavators, eight wheel loaders, five compactors, five track-type tractors, five bulldozers, eight dump trucks, eight cement mixers and a unit of container van.
The heavy equipment will be used for the construction of transitional shelters particularly in Barangay Sagonsongan for displaced people of Marawi.
DPWH-10 district engineer Rey Peter Gille and Office of Civil Defense-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao regional director Reylindo Aniñon inspected the heavy equipment.
Gille said the heavy equipment are “very vital in fast-tracking the operations in the recovery and rehabilitation phase of Marawi City currently being undertaken.”
Being the lead agency for the reconstruction committee of the Task Force Bangon Marawi and member of Housing Sub-committee, DPWH has already completed the site development for Areas 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in Barangay Sagonsongan.
Road concreting is still ongoing and estimated to be completed by the end of November, this year.
Furthermore, DPWH continues to provide assistance to the evacuation centers through the improvement of roadways, installation of water supply system, latrines, communal kitchens and other related matters. (pia)
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