DSWD, Pampanga Gov to turn over 57 shelters to landslide victims in Arayat today

Original Title: Governor Pineda, DSWD to turn over 57 new core shelters to landslide victims in Arayat today

Monday 2nd of July 2012

ARAYAT, Pampanga July 2 (PIA) -- Fifty-seven households will now have a roof over their heads when the Department of Social Welfare and Development Field Office III and Gov. Lilia Pineda turnover today 57 permanent core shelters to the victims of the 2009 Mt. Arayat landslide in Brgy. San Juan Baño, Arayat town.

DSWD provided P70,000 each for housing materials, totaling P3,99,000 while labor was shouldered by the provincial government.

Pineda said the National Housing Authority will provide about P10 million for site improvement and development of the area.

She added that NHA would be in-charge of the construction of road pavement, water system, electricity, and other facilities.

Meanwhile, DSWD will also work for the construction of additional 100 core shelters while the provincial government will continuously support the project through providing the labor counterpart.

In 2010, the provincial government had provided the landslide victims with 64 bunkhouses amounting P5.7 million.

Other family victims will also be housed in bunkhouses vacated by the beneficiaries of core shelters provided by the DSWD.

In 2009, hundreds of families were severely affected by the Mt. Arayat landslide that killed 12. (CLJD with reports from Elaine Mercado, PIO Pampanga)