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By Ed G. Yu

NAGA CITY, Feb. 15 (PNA) - Majority of the residents of the town proper of Lupi, Camarines Sur whose houses would be affected by the back water of the P700-million Libmanan-Cabusao Dam had finally agreed to be relocated in a resettlement site offered by the Bicol River Basin and Watershed Management Project (BRBWMP).

Assistant Secretary Tomasito B. Monzon, BRBWMP program director, said the approval of the residents was obtained during the meeting held at the Ragay National Agricultural and Fisheries School (RNAFS) in Ragay, Camarines Sur on February 9, which was attended by 58 of the 86 project affected families (PAF).

BRBWMP operations manager, lawyer Ricky Tomotorgo, who presided the meeting, said the affected families voluntarily accepted the resettlement offer.

The offer consisted of an 80-square meter lot with a core house for each of the affected family, which will be given to the recipient free of charge, including just and disturbance compensations and livelihood assistance.

Tomotorgo said the proposed resettlement site for the residents is a lot owned by the Altamarino family in Zone 3 of Lupi’s barangay Poblacion.

Although we have identified as of now only 86 families who are qualified for relocation, the site is capable of accommodating up to 120 families, Tomotorgo said.

The BRBWMP operations manager said the National Housing Authority (NHA) Bicol office headed by Director Albert Perfecto will be in charge of land acquisition, site development, and construction of houses.

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