IGaCoS, First Salintubig Recipient

ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL(Apr. 25) PIA - The city government of the Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) received  a P2-million pesos grant from the Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig para sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) Program  of the national government identified as one of the priority areas for the Bottom- Up  Planning  and Budgeting  Projects (BUPBP).

The Salintubig program aims to provide sufficient and potable water to all the households in the barangay that anchored to the local poverty alleviation reduction program of the national government.

Barangay Aumbay of Island Garden City of Samal is the first recipient of the SALINTUBIG   Program   fit to avail of the project which belonged to a waterless municipality/city and one of the poorest barangay with reports of high level of waterborne diseases.

An initial grant fund of P1M out of the P2M was received by the city government here for the implementation of water supply project last April 11.

Department of Interior and Local Government Manila Engr. Richard Cruz with DILG Region XI Engr. Gail Gravador accompanied by personnel from the office of DILG-Samal,  IGaCoS Water District, City Engineer and City Planning conducted an ocular inspection and  evaluation of the project area    last March 5, 2013.

The IGaCoS Technical Working Group of the Salintubig Program was responsible for the speedy preparation of all documents needed for the release of the grant fund. The IGaCoS Water District prepared the feasibility study while the detailed engineering design was prepared by the City Engineer’s Office.

The SALINTUBIG program is consistent with the Millennium  Development Goal (MDG) No. 7 that is to reduce by 50% the world’s population without access to safe and potable water which our governments committed  to provide water to all Filipinos particularly for the poor and waterless communities.

Priority to water and sanitation is also stipulated in the Philippine Development Plan for 2011 – 2016.

The national agencies tasked for the  Salintubig Program were the National Anti-poverty Commission (NAPC), Department of Social Welfare and Development, DILG, Department of Budget and Management, Local Waterworks Utilities Administration and the Department of Health which were responsible in identifying priority areas for the BUPB project and to provide safe and potable water through the “Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat Program. (Lorderly CPDO/Melrose)