Talisay bares P21.9-M disaster fund

THE Talisay City Council is set to pass the P21.9-million 2012 City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management (DRRM) Plan on Tuesday.

The City Development Council already approved the plan and is just waiting confirmation from the City Council to include it in the city’s Annual Investment Plan.

A total of P15.3 million was allocated for its disaster preparedness or mitigation fund.

This includes P7 million for the rehabilitation, maintenance and construction of roads, drainage and slope protection of hazard prone areas.

It also included P4 million for the procurement and repairs of motor vehicles and heavy equipment and P2 million for the maintenance and operations of the disaster council and the Talisay Rescue Emergency Assistance Team (TREAT).

A total of P6.5 million was allocated for the city’s quick response fund that includes P2 million each for medicines, food and supplies and a P2.5-million recovery fund.

Republic Act 10121 or the DRRM Act of 2010 mandates the Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council to come up with a Comprehensive Disaster Framework.

The law mandates the allocation of 5 percent of a local government unit’s revenues for its DRR fund.

Councilor Rodolfo Cabigas, author of the resolution, said it’s important to set the plan in place before a calamity strikes. /Correspondent Carmel Loise Matus