PDRRMC Capiz pegs Quinta damages at P200M

ROXAS CITY, Capiz, Jan. 10 (PIA6) – Typhoon Quinta left nearly 200-million worth of damages on agriculture, fishery and infrastructure.

In a final report of the Capiz Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) chaired by Governor Victor Tanco, it showed that the damage on agriculture, particularly on rice, corn and fishery, reached more than P60.12 million.

Specifically, 17,300.21 hectares of rice plantation estimated at more than P50.86 million was damaged by tropical storm Quinta, aside from the more than P7.8-million damage on more than 1,193.3-hectare corn plantation and P885,000 vegetable plantation covering 29 hectares.

The damage on fisheries was likewise estimated at P500,000 while the destruction on infrastructure, particularly on the provincial road covering 285.1 kilometers reached more than P139.7 million.

Typhoon Quinta likewise left four deaths in Capiz due to drowning, with one person still missing, the PDRRMC report revealed.

The typhoon that hit the province last December 25 affected 152 barangays here, involving 15,106 families or 56,812 persons.

It likewise totally destroyed 8 houses and partially damaged 52 houses, the same report showed.

Earlier, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan placed the towns and barangays in Capiz that were affected by flood brought about by heavy rains due to typhoon Quinta under the state of calamity.

The declaration came after the PDRRMC passed a resolution recommending to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to declare the province under a state of calamity.

In support of the declaration, the resolution pointed out the devastation caused by Quinta on crops, livestock, properties and even lives.

The Council likewise stressed the need for the provincial government to provide immediate assistance to needy and affected families and localities, in which the fund source for said assistance can be charged from the calamity fund. (JCM/Jemin B. Guillermo/PIA6-Capiz)