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Landslide-hit QC families moved

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The Quezon City government has relocated several families displaced by the landslide in Barangay Payatas a week ago due to heavy rains.

Mayor Joy Belmonte said a two-story residential building at 103 Sampaguita Extension was partially damaged by the landslide that happened around 11 a.m. on Thursday.

Six of the 25 families that needed immediate relocation were transferred to the city’s Housing Project No. 17 located in the same barangay.

“Agad na inilipat ang anim na pamilya na lubhang naapektuhan ng landslide dahil nawasak ang kanilang tahanan,” Belmonte said.

The city government shall provide financial assistance to the affected families for the installation of needed utilities in the relocation site, she added.

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Lawyer Jojo Conejero, acting assistant head of the Housing, Community Development and Resettlement Department, said the city government is coordinating with the National Housing Authority for the relocation of the 19 remaining families that are living near the area of the landslide.

The Department of Building Official, HCDRD, and Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office inspected the area where the landslide occurred.

DBO head Dale Perral said based on the findings of the Annual Building Inspection Division, the subject structures/vicinity were declared dangerous and ruinous pursuant to Section 214 in relation to Section 215 of Presidential Decree 1096 or the National Building Code of the Philippines

“We also discovered that several structures adjacent to the building are also in danger from potential soil erosion and degradation,” Perral said.

Myke Marasigan, DRRMO head, said his office has already cordoned off the area to prevent residents from returning to their homes.

“The area has been declared as prone to erosion and no longer safe for residents, especially during heavy and continuous downpours,” he said.

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