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Cagayan allots P52 M for rehab, relief after Egay's wrath

Published Aug 1, 2023 11:07 am
TUGUEGARAO CITY (PNA) – Officials of Cagayan province have earmarked P52 million following the declaration of a state of calamity on Monday, days after its 26 towns and a city were pummeled by typhoon “Egay,” Gov. Manuel Mamba told the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday. The provincial board members led by Vice Gov. Melvin Vargas on Monday unanimously approved the recommendation of the governor to allow immediate disaster rehabilitation and relief operations for the 27,940 families or 93,237 affected individuals. No one died in Cagayan during Egay's onslaught but 20 were injured while four Philippine Coast Guard rescuers are still missing. "With the declaration of the state of calamity, we will fast-track the distribution of relief or assistance for them," Mamba said. Citing disaster response data, the provincial board said the typhoon's damage to agriculture in the province was pegged at P465 million, mostly on corn (P289 million) and rice (P38 million). Damage to infrastructure was pegged at P862.3 million and livestock at P1.5 million. Damaged houses include 83 totally wrecked and 1,542 partially destroyed. Cagayan province’s hardest-hit towns include Sanchez Mira, Aparri, Santa Ana, Abulug, Calayan, and Santa Teresita. On Saturday, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. granted a P15-million typhoon relief aid to the province while P3 million was given to each of the six towns. The other towns that also suffered the typhoon’s brunt were Iguig, Lasam, Ballesteros, Enrile, Tuao, Camalaniugan, Abulug, Allacapan, and Pamplona. On the town level, two local government units have declared a state of calamity – Sanchez Mira and Calayan where farmers and fishers have been the most affected due to destroyed farm crops and fishing boats. On the regional level, the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council reported P774.24-million agro-fishery damage. The highest damage was incurred by Cagayan with P419.59 million, followed by Isabela with P226.06 million; Nueva Vizcaya with P111.14 million, and Quirino, P17.45 million. Heavily damaged in Cagayan Valley was agriculture at P539.442 million, livestock at P1.05 million, and infrastructure at P862.3 million. The regional offices of the Department of Agriculture (DA) and Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reported losses of P340 million in agriculture and P1.15 billion in infrastructure, respectively.

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