NegOr town receives Kalahi projects

TWO hinterland barangays in the municipality of Ayungon in Negros Oriental with about 600 households particularly farmers will soon be granted farm-to-market road (FMR) projects.

Barangays Amdos and Manogtong in Ayungon are recipients of the road projects under the government’s Kapit Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Development Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) program.

Amdos has received P3.2 million assistance from the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Kalahi-CIDSS for the construction and improvement of 1.8 km farm-to-market road.

Barangay Manogtong, on the other hand, got more than P1.9 million for the concreting of 1.1 km road.

Community facilitator Emeterio Catipay said the farm-to-market roads will give the farmers a shorter route to transport their products to the market.

Catipay said other projects to be implemented in Ayungon include the construction of 30 linear meter of foot-bridge for elementary and high school students in barangays Tampocon and Gumentoc; water systems for the more than 265 households and two elementary schools in barangays Atabay and Kilaban.

The Kalahi-Cidss projects also provide the construction of flood control in Ilaya River worth P2.7 million.

Kalahi-CIDSS is a flagship anti-poverty program of the government. It is a community-driven development project implemented by the DSWD, with financial support from the World Bank.