DAVAO DEL NORTE, MAY 27 (PIA)--- Residents in Barangay Development Project (BDP) project areas are holding on to their expectations that their community needs are realized.
In the recent edition of the Kapihan sa DavNor, guests from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Davao del Norte Field Office and from the City Planning and Development Office of Panabo commonly had yet to offhand share their relative impression of residents on BDP projects because these have yet to be completed.
But they said that residents are indeed hopeful that their expressed need would be addressed and their envisioned community facility would be realized to provide them ease of living.
“Maayo na lang jud ma’am nga nag anhi mo diri kay nadunggan kung unsa ang among gikinahanglan. (It is good that you indeed have come. Our needs are being heard)," Davao del Norte DILG BDP Focal Michelle Galope quoted the common feedback relayed to her during the stakeholders forum called “Ugnayan sa Barangay.”
“Naa silay assurance nga naay moabot sa ilaha. napaminaw kung unsa ang gikinahanglan sa ilang barangay. (They have the assurance that something will be delivered to them and that the needs of their barangay are being listened to),” she added.
She admitted that DILG had presented the barangays a menu of projects commonly identified by barangays nationwide, but she said the Ugnayan sa Barangay becomes the venue to sift through the presumed needs, the exact need per BDP priority barangay.
“Sa karon, ‘di pa kaayo mabati; apan sa pag-conduct ug validation, nasayran ang ilang mga mulo, ang ilang gikinahanglan. (It cannot be very felt yet; but during the validation, their complaints and their needs were made known),” said Engr. Vicente Buenaflor, Davao del Norte DILG project engineer.
In year 2021, P460 million BDP funds were poured to three Davao del Norte local government units with a total of 48 sub-projects mostly on community water systems, upgrading of access roads, community electrification, and school buildings. Buenaflor said.
Panabo City has a total of 20 BDP-covered barangays with 42 sub-projects; Kapalong has 2 barangays with 2 sub-projects; and Asuncion with only one BDP-covered barangay of 4 sub-projects.
Panabo CPDO Asst Dept Head, Engr. Lovena Adlawan said that BDP projects identified by barangay stakeholders were indeed verified to address their most common community problem
She cited as specific instance Barangay San Roque which had identified the community water system as its felt need.
Having a hard time getting water supply, residents of San Roque usually go to a distant common source of water to take a bath and to wash their clothes. Instead of going home, they dry their washed clothes nearby so they can bring water back home along with the dried clothes.
With the BDP water system project, people’s time of fetching water would be used to more productive activities. “Dako kaayo tabang ang maong project” she said.
Engr Adlawan also cited instances when small farmers in far-flung BDP sites used to fall prey to middlemen who usually buy their produce at a very low price.
“Mo prefer na lang sila gamay nga ginansya kaysa wala silay makuha sa ilang produkto. (They’d rather get minimal income than getting nothing from their produce.),” she said, citing the distance of residents from the marketplace to where they get to, by passing through a rough road and paying a very costly fare),” she said. (PIA XI/ Jeanevive Duron Abangan)
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