The provincial government of Negros Oriental is set to purchase brand new heavy equipment to firm up the pre-disaster preparedness of the province.
The equipment include a bulldozer, a road roller, a backhoe, a grader, a water tanker, and a trailer.
The funds for the purchase — amounting to P60 million – will be taken from the Province’s annual budgetary reserve fund, according to a press release from the Capitol.
At the same time, the heavy equipment will also be used to establish engineering mobile units in each political district here, a project that Gov. Roel Degamo has stated in his Presentation of Plans and Programs speech before the Provincial Board on Feb. 24, this year.
Although these equipment is bought mainly for pre-disaster preparedness activities, the governor also intends to use these units in engineering works in the districts, the press statement also said.
Gov. Degamo has noted that procuring brand new equipment would be more economical than to undertake major repairs. (RMN/PIA)