By R. G. Antonet Go/PNA
ZAMBOANGA CITY — The construction of the PHP33.5-million evacuation center in Barangay Cabatangan, this city, will start on December 10.
Dr. Elmeir Jade Apolinario, City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) chief, on Tuesday said the evacuation center will consist of three buildings with a capacity for 500 families that will be built in a 2,000-square meter lot.
Apolinario said they are just waiting for the issuance of a permit by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) to cut the trees and clear the lot where the evacuation center will be constructed.
The construction of the evacuation center is funded by the national government through the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH). It will be undertaken by a private construction firm, the Metro Stonerich Corporation, in 180 calendar days.
Apolinario said the evacuation center will provide temporary shelter to people displaced by human-induced and natural calamities. The facility in Barangay Cabatangan is one of the three evacuation centers that will be constructed in this city.
The other two will be built inside the Zamboanga Economic Zone and Freeport area in Barangay Talisayan for the west coast and either in Barangay Curuan or Vitali for the east coast.
