Good news fellow Nortehanons! Let us all be vigilant that this dream project be implemented properly in the next three years and the irrigation component be completed in 2015 as set by NIA. P373M set aside for HCAAP Jun 8th, 2013 @ 09:08 am › Leyte Samar daily express TACLOBAN CITY – The national government has set aside P373 million this year to carry on the implementation of Help for Catubig Agricultural Advancement Project (HCAAP) in Northern Samar that was planned in the 1980s. National Irrigation Administration Administrator Antonio Nangel said that they are targeting to complete the irrigation component of the P2.9 billion project by 2015. “HCAAP is one of our priority. We will execute all plans for the project through coordination with different agencies and local government units,” Nangel told reporters. Driven by poor performance of contractor Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd., the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) completely quit funding the project last year. For 2013 and onwards, NIA needs about P1 billion to complete the long dreamed project , which covers 4,550 hectares of rice farm in more than 70 villages of the municipalities of Las Navas and Catubig in the Catubig Valley of Northern Samar. As of last year, the project has delivered water to 600 hectares of farms in Northern Samar. The national government has “repackaged” the project and awarded the works to six contractors to ensure that irrigation facilities will be functional as early as possible. Fund sources will not be coming from foreign funding institutions but from the national government. NIA Regional Manager Romeo Quiza said that next year, HCAAP will get a funding of P124 million. In 2009, NIA asked the contractor Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. (HHIC) to stop constructing two irrigation dams in Northern Samar considering the time constraint to meet its August 25, 2010 deadline to complete the Bulao and Hagbay projects. A proposal to develop the Catubig Valley was prepared in the early 80’s. The development of Catubig Valley has long been seen as a catalyst of development in the island of Samar, as it was identified as one of the major production areas in the region. (Sarwell Q. Meniano)
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