SOME 500 families displaced by the Marawi City siege would be moving in the transition shelters before Christmas, the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said.
DPWH Secretary Mark Villar said they expect the initial number of beneficiaries to be in their new transition homes before December 25. “The construction of the houses is on-going. They have already completed the construction of (some of) the houses,” he said.
Villar recently visited the areas that were damaged by the war between government forces and the Maute group, which lasted for five months. He said that the local government and the Department of Social Welfare and Development would identify the first 500 families that is set to occupy the newly-built houses.
He earlier reported that post-conflict needs assessment team has entered the area to conduct assessment on the extent of the damage on the infrastructure in the war-torn city. “Continuous data is coming in, we would be able to assess,” Villar said.
The Duterte administration is eyeing 4,000 families to benefit from building the transition area. (Ferdinand Patinio)
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