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BY TIFFANY ANNE TAN
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BACOLOD City – Manapla town and Cadiz City have recovered from the devastation caused by super typhoon “Yolanda” three years ago, their respective chief executives said.
Almost 100 percent of infrastructures the super typhoon destroyed in Manapla have been repaired, according to Mayor Lourdes Escalante.
More than 7,000 houses were either destroyed or damaged when the storm hit the municipality on Nov. 8, 2013.
“Ninety-five percent” of the affected families have been relocated, while the overall rehabilitation was “at 90 percent,” she said.
Manapla has received P93 million worth of financial aid from the national government, Escalante said.
Meanwhile in Cadiz City, “all structures damaged by ‘Yolanda’ have been repaired,” said Mayor Patrick Escalante.
But he said the city government was still constructing the relocation houses — around 3,700 — for the survivors.
“We expect to complete them by 2017,” said Patrick Escalante.
Cadiz City received P308 million worth of financial assistance from the national government, he said.
A total of 83,950 families (396,590 individuals) were affected by “Yolanda” in Negros Occidental, prompting the provincial government to declare a state of calamity.
“Yolanda” left P1,205,741,133.75 worth of damage to crops, fisheries, livestock, agriculture, sugarcane, houses, and buildings.
Cadiz City was the worst hit, with 4,500 houses destroyed and 17,000 others damaged.
In Manapla 1,101 houses were destroyed while 6,000 were damaged.
In Sagay City some 3,000 houses were wrecked and 5,000 others were damaged, records showed.
Of the country’s P167-billion rehabilitation fund for areas affected by the super typhoon, P3.9 billion was allocated for Negros Occidental./PN
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