Help rebuild Marawi

Construction firms urged to help in city's rehab

PARAÑAQUE City – Citing the urgency of rebuilding the Islamic City of Marawi, Mindanao Development Authority (Minda) Chairman Datu Abul Khayr Alonto urges the construction industry players of the country to be the government’s partners in the reconstruction of the city.

In a speech delivered during the recently concluded Asean + 6 Construction Forum, Alonto said that one of the agency’s priorities for the long-term development plan of Marawi is to provide necessary infrastructure that will promote and sustain economic activities in the formerly conflict-affected areas of Mindanao, an area that construction players can greatly take part in.

Minda, through its Mindanao Development Corridors (MinDC) program pursues priority infrastructure projects. Through this approach, a Joint Planning and Programming (JPP) mechanism is being forged with relevant key agencies under the infrastructure sector to jointly review, endorse and facilitate inclusion in the national investment program and budget inter-connectivity projects like roads, bridges, ports and airports in Mindanao.

“It is our hope that our construction leaders in the country and the rest of the Asean can help us in delivering interventions that are also responsive to the context and aspirations of the Bangsamoro, especially to the short-term and long-term needs of Marawi City” he said.

Alonto added that these interventions will be implemented through the Bangsamoro Economic Corridor strategy, an addition to the MinDC program, which is likewise part of the larger BIMPEaga corridor.