Brgys told: Identify safe evac areas

THE Davao City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (CDRRMO) and the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO) stressed their continued campaign on pre-disaster planning and directed barangays to cooperate in identifying areas for constituents to temporarily stay in times of calamities or pre-emptive evacuation.

The campaign was bolstered after some barangays affected by mass wasting expressed willingness to transfer their residents to safer places.

“Ang Barangay Salaysay personally nag-contact na sa amoang office nga naa’y balak ang ilang barangay council nga i-transfer sila og safer place, gina-leave nalang namo na sa mga barangays, especially kadtong mga naay mass wasting na kung pwede sila makapangita og lugar nga kabalhinan sa ilahang mga community. Pwede pud magtinabangay nalang gyud ta sa karon kay dili nato na sila pwede dalahon sa downtown, congested naman pud ta diri and dili pud nato sila pwede malayo sa ilahang panginabuhi, so within their area kung makapangita sila’g safer place the better for them (Barangay Salaysay communicated with us that its council plans to transfer the affected to a safer place. We are leaving the decision to the barangays, especially in areas with mass wasting. They can look for areas that can be used to relocate their communities, there is a need to help each other out because on our part, we cannot bring these people to the downtown as we are already congested here, and we cannot also take them away from their livelihood so if they can look for a safer area, the better for them),” CDRRMO Research and Planning Acting Head Maria Cristina Sunga-Villegas said during the I-Speak forum on Thursday.