DAGUPEÑOS may soon see relief from the constant flooding of its streets and barangays.

 

The  United States Agency for International Development has chosen Dagupan as one among the five Asian cities as pilot area   for the implementation of  the Program for Hydro-Meteorological Risk Mitigation in Secondary Cities in Asia  (PROMISE).  

The other pilot cities are Chittagong in Bangladesh, Hyderabad in Pakistan, Kalutara in Sri Lanka and Da Nang in Vietnam.

 

USAID donated US$100,000 for two years of partnership to be used for operational support to the project.

 

The Center for Disaster Preparedness headed by Eufemia Castro-Andaya signed a memorandum of understanding with Mayor Benjamin Lim last week for the implementation of the project PROMISE.

 

The other signatories were Vice Mayor Alvin Fernandez, Ms. Lorna Coughlyn, Mission  Disaster Relief Officer of USAID, Philippines; Director Edgar Nigel Lontoc of the Office of Civil Defense, Gil Fernando Cruz, executive director of the League of Philippine Cities.

 

Coughlyn said that PROMISE aims to reduce the vulnerability of urban communities through enhanced preparedness and mitigation of hydro-metrological disasters.

 

Being a flood-prone area, Dagupan was chosen as the only city partner of the project in the Philippines in order to reduce its vulnerability here through enhanced preparedness and mitigation.

 

PROMISE aims to increase stakeholders’ involvement and the further enhancement of strategies, tools and methodologies related to community preparedness and mitigation of hydro-meteorological disasters in urban communities.

 

Robert Erfe-Mejia, head of Public Order and Safety Office, will oversee the implementation of the project.

 

Mayor Benjamin Lim attributed flooding in the city to the spill over of the Binga and San Roque dams and   the rainwater draining into Dagupan from neighboring towns. – AQL

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