PINUKPUK, Kalinga—Roads in the former hotbeds of the New People’s Army in the 1980s in this province will finally be paved and concreted with P32 million in funding under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan or Pamana project in this town.
The groundbreaking for the concreting of the Allaguia-Asibanglan road was led by representatives from the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process and their local partners.
The 2.6-kilometer road is the second phase of OPAPP’s road project, which is supervised by the Department of the Interior and Local Government.
The Allaguia-Asibanglan road connects Barangay Cal-owan here and Barangay Saltan in Balbalan town, which is expected to boost the economic activities of villagers engaged in massive agricultural production.
Meanwhile, the DILG said there are at least seven Pamana projects in 2016 for Kalinga province, which is part of enhancing and sustaining peace and development initiatives in the different provinces in the Cordillera Administrative Region.
DILG records showed that one project has been completed, and two more warehouses are being built in Lubo, Tanudan town, with a total project cost of P1.2 million.
A P40-million construction of the 60-linear-meter Wagod-Buaya bridge in Balbalan town and two multi-level waterworks system worth P2.2 million in Pasil town are still to be implemented, the department said.
In 2016, Cordillera received at least P533 million worth of Pamana community development and livelihood projects.
Construction of local roads took the biggest allocation of P363 million, followed by bridges (P80 million), post-harvest facilities (P11.8 million), water systems (P11.6 million), community infrastructure (P6.1 million), livelihood projects (P26.99 million) and social protection programs (P11.35 million).
Also under the Pamana program is the operational and training support for forest guards implemented by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the OPAPP.