Ilog-Hilabangan river stakeholders met with JICA reps
KABANKALAN CITY -- The first stakeholders meeting of the feasibility study of Ilog-Hilabangan river basin by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) preparatory study team was held at the SP session hall in Kabankalan City on May 22.
Engr. Suzuki Kazuto, asst. general manager of CTI Engineering International Co., Ltd. presented the preparatory study. The group was welcomed by Mayor Pedro Zayco, Jr., with Councilors Jeorge Largado, Ricardo Regalia and Rodrigo Cadigal. Also present during the presentation were Higino Sixto Garaygay, city administrator and Engr. Rogelio Diaz, city engineer, DPWH heads, and some members of the municipal planning development officers in the municipality of Ilog.
The objectives of the project is to strengthen concerned Philippine Government’s Agency’s capabilities on disaster risk management and to mitigate the flood damage in the vulnerable areas through the following: Implementation of structural and non-structural measures for improvements of rivers in the high-risk flood damage areas and to improve disaster risk management systems, including enhancement of function of LGUs and fund management of emergency response for flood control, said Zuzuki.
Meanwhile, the objective of the study is to prepare the basic materials necessary for the request of loan including the following contents: To select the three objective river basins and core areas for feasibility study. To conduct the feasibility studies for the selected core areas in three river basins. To arrange materials to prepare the implementation program to apply the sector loan and to confirm and recommend, if necessary, the current institutional arrangement to manage the sector loan., added Suzuki. (Eddie M. Yap)
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From left, Aquiles Zayco, manager Kabankalan Water District, Councilor Jeorge Largado, Mayor Pedro Zayco, Jr., and Councilor Ricardo Regalia during the first stakeholders meeting in Kabankalan City.