The Office of Civil Defense–Negros Island Region (OCD-NIR) is prepositioning drinking water and generator sets across critical areas in the region as part of its ongoing preparations against the effects of El Niño.
OCD-NIR Director Donato Sermeno III said on Thursday, November 12, that the agency is prepositioning bottled water worth P1.86 million and twelve 7.5-kilovolt-ampere (kVA) generator sets to communities forecasted to be most severely impacted by the dry spell.
Sermeno said fifth-class municipalities and areas affected by Kanlaon Volcano’s ongoing unrest are among the top priorities for the distribution of generator sets. Among the localities that have already received the units are La Castellana, La Carlota City, and Don Salvador Benedicto.
Sermeno noted that the government’s comprehensive El Niño response is designed to address critical gaps in energy, water supply, health, peace and order, and food security.
The deployment comes as the agricultural sector continues to take a hit from the dry weather, with the Department of Agriculture earlier reporting roughly P41 million in El Niño-related crop damage across the Negros Island Region.*
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