STA. CRUZ, Davao del Sur, Jan. 16 (PIA) – The Municipality of Sta.
Cruz, Davao del Sur has been granted an additional fund worth P2 million from
the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), for the town’s
Sagana at Ligtas na Tubig sa Lahat (SALINTUBIG) project.
Sta. Cruz initially accessed P7.8 million for its Level 3 Water
System project in Barangay Inawayan, and after its effective project
implementation, the DILG added a supplementary budget of another 2 million
pesos for further expansion of the water system to more sitios in the project
area and neighbor barangay of Darong.
Part of the implementing mechanisms is for the recipient local
government to allocate counterpart funds for the project, as well as to provide
manpower support component to manage and monitor the project.
SALINTUBIG Program aims to contribute to the attainment of the
goal of achieving universal access to potable water supply and the targets
defined in the Philippine Development Plan 2O11-2016, Millennium Development
Goals (MDG), and the Philippine Water Supply Sector Roadmap and the Philippine.
It also aspires to reduce by 50% the world's population without
access to safe and potable water as reflected in the MDG number 7. (CDIO-Sta.
Cruz/Julius R. Paner)
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