Northern towns get P100M worth of DAR projects
The northern towns of Iloilo got a hefty share of P100 million out of the P250 million budget of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) intended for various projects in the country which could uplift the lives of farmers.
Recently, P29 million worth of infrastructure projects under the Department of Agrarian Reform-Asian Development Bank Agrarian Reform Community Project was recently turned over to the towns of Ajuy and Concepcion.
The towns of Ajuy, Concepcion, Lemery, Barotac Viejo and San Dionisio got their share from the department. The exact details in how much each town got in form of projects is not immediately available.
Last Monday, 3.24 kilometers of farm-to-market road in Sto. Rosario Proper-Sitio Cabarawan Road was turned over to the town through Mayor Jett Rojas. The total cost of project amounted to P8,837,316.43. The rehabilitation and improvement of the farm-to-market road is already the third phase of the DAR-ADB-ARCP.
The second phase of the project was implemented in Sitio Calubihan-Caburihan Road. The farm-to-market road is 2.28 kilometers with a total cost of P5,707,327.88.
The first phase of DAR-ADB-ARCP was implemented in Sto. Rosario Proper-Culasi junction national road. The concreting of the 2.29 kilometers of farm-to-market road amounted to P10,424,282.13.
While, in the town of Concepcion, the DAR-ADB-ARCP projects amounted to some P20 million. The projects included in the package are the 3.747 kilometers rehabilitation of farm-to-market road in JNR-Sitio Proper, Agnaga-Sitio Belen, Calamigan Road and rehabilitation of 1.373 kilometers of road Sitio III, Barangay Agnaga farm to market road with the construction of overflow bridge.
The farm-to-market road in JNR-Sitio Proper,Agnaga-Sitio Belen, Calamigan Road amounted to P6,601,180.81. While in Sitio III, Barangay Agnaga, the project amounted to P13,583,799.88. The project was received by Vice Mayor Betsy Salcedo.
According to Mayor Rojas, the project cost in Sto.Rosario-Culasi is much bigger compared with Sitio-Caburihanas because lots of work were made before the project was completed. The contractor did a rip rap of the area. A drainage was also constructed. The first and second phase has only a small difference in terms of number of kilometers subject for work.