BARMM readies Early Recovery Plan from Paeng devastation

Armando Fenequito Jr.

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DAVAO CITY— The Bangsamoro Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (BDRRMC) is gearing up for the launching of its Early Recovery Plan for the storm’s devastation few weeks after the onslaught of Tropical Storm Paeng in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

This developed after the BDRRMC conducted a series of meetings and workshops last week, to strategize and establish an immediate plan to help the survivors of typhoon.

In a statement, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim said issues discussed during the meeting include the construction of temporary evacuation shelters for the affected families in Maguindanao del Sur and del Norte and other affected provinces in the region.

Ebrahim who is also the BDRRMC chairperson said there is a need to analyze the effect of the natural calamity (Paeng), as it was one of the most devastating and unprecedented catastrophes the autonomous region had experienced.

“We need to make an assessment and see what the Bangsamoro Government can do and adopt some measures to avoid the heavy casualties," he said.

For his part, Minister of Interior and Local Government (MILG) lawter Naguib Sinarimbo said the regional government’s plan is moving towards life-sustaining activities for the communities before going to the full rehabilitation and recovery of these communities.

“We assist those houses slightly damaged so they can return to their home, restoration of lifelines such as roads, bridges, and access to communities, electricity, and livelihood recover,” he said.

“We are looking at temporary evacuation centers because it is now opening classes. At some point they must be transferred, otherwise, classes would be affected, and we don’t like that to happen,” Sinarimbo added.

The Minister, who also leads the Bangsamoro-Rapid Emergency Action on Disaster Incidence (READi), said activities of the early recovery plan kicked off three days after the onslaught and would cease in the first quarter of next year. Afterward, rehabilitation and full recovery will commence.

Sinarimbo said over 400 houses were severely and partially damaged in the ground zero of Kusiong Datu Odin Sinsuat in Maguindanao del Norte.

Across the region, a total of 570 houses were partially damaged, while 504 were totally damaged by the typhoon as per Bangsamoro Disaster Risk Reduction Center’s (BDRRMC) data as of Nov. 14, 2022.

The formal launching of BARMM’s early recovery plan for Tropical Storm Paeng victims is expected this week.