DENR 13 exec commends employees for accomplished
work targets in 2014
By Eric F. Gallego
BUTUAN CITY, Jan. 24 (PIA) - Regional director
Nonito M. Tamayo of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)
Caraga commended the employees of the DENR 13 early this week for the
accomplishments of major work targets last year as he encouraged more
improvement.
Tamayo made the remarks at the regular Monday
Convocation program at the DENR Regional Office covered court in Barangay
Ambago, this city.
He said the accomplishment of the different
sectors and the field offices particularly on the National Greening Program
(NGP), anti-illegal logging, cadastral survey and geo-hazards mapping last year
was very satisfactory.
Tamayo said, however, there are more works to be
done particularly about NGP with backlogs in some areas planted with seedlings.
“We need to revisit those areas again and guide the members of the
organizations involved to replenish those dead seedlings with new ones in
meeting with the target,” he said.
Secretary Ramon JP Paje has likewise recognized
the accomplishments made by the DENR and congratulated all the DENR employees
nationwide for the milestone reached.
The DENR secretary cited the NGP accomplishment
throughout the country which is 11.6 percent above target. He said the DENR
employees under the program have reforested 1,005,013 hectares out of the
target of 900,000 hectares from 2011 to 2014. “We have also completed 86.84
percent of the cadastral survey nationwide and expected to finish this year.”
The DENR also completed the 1:10,000 scale
geo-hazard mapping and all map sheets will be finalized by the end of this
year. (DENR-13/PIA-Caraga)
DPWH: SurSur detour bridge restoration almost done
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, Jan. 24 (PIA) – The
complete restoration of the washed out detour bridge traversing the Hubo River
in Barangay Buhisan, San Agustin town, 64.5 kilometers south, this city, is
almost over.
District Engr. Joseph Calderon of the Department
of Public Works and Highways 1st Engineering District in Surigao del Sur, who
just came back at around 1:30 p.m. on Friday to check the progress of the
restoration work in the area, stressed that to close the gap between banks is
only a matter of “putting in place three more rows of culverts.”
However, he learned from the project engineer of
Luciano Construction, who is tasked to do the job that they have already run
out of culverts. Said materials are
being supplied by L. C. Ting Construction, Calderon bared.
But, the district engineer said that if the needed
culverts will arrive in due time and the fair weather will continue, light
vehicles can possibly be allowed to cross the river by Sunday.
He also added that after five days, the bridge
will already be passable to all types of vehicles.
It can be recalled that the detour bridge was
washed out when Tropical Storm Seniang hit the province on December 29, 2014.
Since then, the normal traffic flow along
Surigao-Davao Coastal Road (SDCR) has been cut off, prompting commuters to
transfer from vehicle to another waiting on either side of the roads.
Also, commercial vehicles bound for Tandag City
and other neighboring towns heading north after San Agustin, have been left
with no choice but to go via Surigao del Norte. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
