PHOTO / INQUIRER.NET DAPHNE GALVEZ
THE Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), assigned by President Rodrigo Duterte to order local officials to clear the roads in their jurisdictions of obstructions, on Thursday said Makati, Las Piñas, Marikina, Valenzuela, Navotas and Pateros have accomplished the task ahead of the 60-day deadline imposed on them.
The local government units have removed all obstructions on the primary and secondary road in their areas, according to a September 4 report submitted by Lea Evangelista, local government officer of the DILG-Local Government Monitoring and Evaluating Division, to Maria Lourdes Agustin, DILG National Capital Region director, according to report published Friday in the Philippine Daily Inquirer..
Officials of Caloocan and Parañaque have reported clearing 97% and 96%, respectively, of the streets under their jurisdiction, the report also bared. Muntinlupa City posted a clearance rate of 88% while Taguig City reported 75.7%. Malabon and Mandaluyong both have 75% clearance rates. Pasig City has 65%.
The report did not indicate the percentage of cleared roads for Manila and Pasay cities, while San Juan and Quezon City had yet to submit their consolidated reports, the Inquirer said.
Evangelista, quoted by the Inquirer, said that by September 4 all the LGUs in Metro Manila had cleared a total of 195,103 meters of roads and 224,1172 meters of sidewalks. These comply with the 60-day deadline that expires on September 29.
Jonathan Malaya, DILG spokesperson, told the Inquirer that the information in the report was based on the data submitted by the different Metro LGUs. He said that these were all still subject to verification.
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