It’s been six months since Yolanda came but there’s still so much to be done.
“In Tacloban City, over 30,000 residents displaced by Typhoon Yolanda still live in so-called tent cities situated in identified danger zones,” reports Ben Rosario in Manila Bulletin.
Their problem now is that the rainy season will start in two months.
Tacloban City Mayor Alfredo Romualdez said most, if not all of these typhoon survivors, need to be taken to higher grounds to avoid a repeat of the tragedy.
The report noted: “Romualdez said 20% of the city government’s PHP500-million annual budget is allocated for infrastructure, but this is far too small compared to the PHP225 million needed to purchase the land where more permanent structures may be built for distribution to the homeless victims.”
That said, Romualdez pointed out that “at least PHP720 million will have to be raised for site development of relocation areas.”
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