Negros Oriental reports: Pablo damages livestock, agricultural products

DUMAGUETE CITY, Philippines  – The Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) of Negros Oriental reported yesterday that several towns and cities in the province lost livestock and agricultural crops and products during the onslaught of super-typhoon Pablo here last week.

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 were lost in the towns of Manjuyod, Valencia, Dauin and Ayungon, and the cities of Tanjay and Bais.

Also, the initial report showed that 469.4 hectares of rice in Ayungon, Bacong, Bindoy, Tayasan, Tanjay City, Zamboanguita and Mabinay were damaged by the typhoon while corn fields of about 101 hectares in Bacong, Bindoy, Zamboanguita, Mabinay, Dauin, Valencia, and Manjuyod were also destroyed.

Other damages 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 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 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 continued to monitor the post-disaster situation in the province, according to Sedillo.  (FREEMAN)