AdvertisementsDuring typhoon “Lawin” in 2016, floods from the river destroyed some 87.5 hectares of prime rice lands here which were either eroded or silted. Affected by massive flooding are 16 villages in this city and five others in Pinukpuk, for several years. He presented a project proposal to DPWH Secretary Mark Villar last November with an estimated cost of P3.5 – P4-billion but the final cost reached P5.5-billion after the plans were completed. The main component of the project is a 300-meter wide channel from Barangay Calanan in this city to barangay Camalog of Pinukpuk, about 18 kilometers away. With about 10,000 hectares irrigated ricelands, Tabuk City is known as the rice granary of the Cordillera.|Estanislao Albano Jr.

Source: Manila Times October 06, 2017 12:56 UTC