VEHICLES delivering food and other agricultural goods from provinces should be given unhampered and unrestricted movement even with the enhanced community quarantine placed over the entire Luzon, the Department of Agriculture (DA) reiterated Wednesday.
According to Agriculture Secretary William Dar, all activities related to agriculture and food production should remain unimpeded.
“Lahat ng aktibidades or mga inputs in relation to agricultural production, agriculture and food production, kasama na ang processing and marketing, including that of the delivery or movement of these cargoes or products ay talaga dapat unrestricted,” he said in a press briefing aired on PTV4.
Dar’s remarks came a day after he said the DA was fine-tuning protocols to ensure the unhampered movement of food and agricultural products.
A green lane has since been designated at various checkpoints, where only vehicles carrying food and agricultural goods will be allowed to pass.
Dar said those manning the checkpoints have been mandated to allow the unimpeded movement of goods.
“The PNP is instructed to allow the unimpeded movement of cargoes, subject to its authority to conduct random checking in checkpoints for the purpose of ensuring that protocols in the strict home quarantine are observed,” he explained. (GMA News)
