Youth hailed as new champions for environment
DOE-NPC POWER CARAVAN
LINGAYEN – Only an informed citizenry can effectively make energy conservation, preservation of watershed and dams management possible.
This is the message conveyed by the “Power Caravan: Iba Na Ang May Alam” program, the information and education campaign organized by the Department of Energy and the National Power Corporation (NPC), in collaboration with the San Roque Power Corp. and the Pangasinan government, last week at the Sison Auditorium.
Its primary activity was the launching of the Batang Kalikasan (BK) movement which promotes the development of the province’s youth as new champions in environment protection.
It will launch activities that will help poor families have an alternative livelihood program and motivate them to protect and preserve the watersheds and dams.
NPC President Glady Sta. Rita said the IEC campaign is its annual activity held in various areas managed by the 17 large dams in the country before the rainy season where the possibility of releasing water from the dams may occur. It also campaigns for effective watershed management and conservation and dams protection and preservation.
The Batang Kalikasan was initiated in Laguna by NPC for the establishment of a partnership with the Department of Education for the development of modules to be used to promote the protection of watershed especially in public schools located in localities where there are watersheds.
DOE Sec. Carlos Jericho Petilla, the event’s guest speaker, underscored the importance of cooperation among all stakeholders in the conservation of energy and challenged the youth to be the new champions for the environment.
The power caravan also paved the way for the signing of a memorandum of agreement of NPC and concerned LGUs for the installation of a P10-million flood forecasting and warning system for dam operation in Sto. Tomas, Alcala, Bautista, and Bayambang.
Meanwhile, Vice Governor Ferdinand Z. Calimlim, Jr. commended the DOE “though often misunderstood by many, tries hard to reach out and make us understand the importance of their job and the job that we all have to share with them.” (Johanne Macob/PIO)
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