Bacolod Mayor Greg Gasataya on Saturday, Nov. 8, said there is no justification for no electricity and water that the people will understand after five days since Typhoon “Tino”.
Gasataya held a press conference on Saturday with representatives of the Negros Electric and Power Corp. (NEPC) and Baciwa-PrimeWater to give the people an explanation on the power and water situation in the city following Typhoon “Tino.”
He said the city government is working to clear fallen trees to help NEPC with its power restoration work and rationing water to residents where supply has not been restored.
Bailey del Castillo, NEPC chief operating officer, said they are working 24 hours a day to restore power to their coverage area, which includes Bacolod City, but Super Typhoon “Uwan” rains will slow down work as it will endanger the lives of their linemen.
“The heavy rain is very hazardous, we cannot sacrifice the lives of our people…Uwan is beyond our control,” he said on Sunday, November 9.
Strong winds had caused brownouts in Alijis and Murcia Sunday but power was restored in the evening, del Castillo also said.
As of 9 p.m. Sunday, power had been restored to 77.79 percent of NEPC’s coverage area, he said.
Augmentation teams from Bohol and Iloilo have arrived to help their workforce, he said, pointing out that Typhoon Tino’s damage to electric poles was massive.
He said NEPC expects to fully restore power to Central Negros by next week.
Allan Genovata, PrimeWater Technical head, said at the press conference on Saturday afternoon that they had restored 87 percent of the water supply to its coverage area.*
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