The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Negros Oriental reported Monday that several towns and cities in the province lost livestock and agricultural crops and products last week during the onslaught of super typhoon Pablo here.
PDRRMC Executive Director-designate Adrian Sedillo said an initial collaboration report from the Provincial Agriculturist’s Office and the Department of Agriculture in Region 7 (DA-7) showed that an estimated P128,740 worth of livestock, to include cattle, carabao, goat, swine and poultry in Manjuyod, Valencia, Tanjay City, Dauin, Bais City and Ayungon were lost to the storm.
Also, the initial report showed that 469.4 hectares of rice fields in Ayungon, Bacong, Bindoy, Tayasan, Tanjay City, Zamboanguita and Mabinay were damaged while corn fields of about 101 hectares in Bacong, Bindoy, Zamboanguita, Mabinay, Dauin, Valencia, and Manjuyod were also destroyed by “Pablo”.
Other damaged crops include vegetables of about 133 hectares in Ayungon, Tanjay City, Zamboanguita, Dauin and Valencia; 126 mango trees in Ayungon, Sibulan and Tanjay City; and 999 assorted fruit trees, to include lanzones, in Bacong, Zamboanguita, Dauin, Mabinay, and Valencia.
Some 1,582 banana plants were also felled by the super typhoon in Ayungon, Bacong, Sibulan, Mabinay, Tanjay City, Zamboanguita, Dauin, Valencia and Manjuyod while 1,043 coconut trees and at least two hectares of land planted to coconut trees were damaged in Tanjay, Zamboanguita, Dauin, and Manjuyod.
The partial report was submitted by Bernard Limbaga and noted by Alejandro Rafal of the DA-7 in collaboration with the PAO headed by provincial agriculturist Greg Paltingca.
Meanwhile, as of Saturday, the latest report from PDRRMC showed 7,922 families or 33,944 individuals in Negros Oriental were affected by super typhoon Pablo.
Relief operations served about 6,000 families, while damaged houses totaled 1,752. Of the number, 270 houses were totally damaged and 1,842 houses were partially damaged, said Sedillo.
So far, there was no report yet of infrastructure damage from the Provincial Engineer’s Office.
Relief operations officially stopped Friday evening even as Negros Oriental Governor Roel Degamo continues to monitor the post-disaster situation in the province, according to Sedillo. (PNA)
