TACLOBAN CITY- One of Leyte’s remote barangays is soon to be connected to the town mainland.
This after Leyte Governor Leopoldo Dominico Petilla assured his assistance to the people of Kagbana in Burauen town to connect the village to the mainland.
Residents of Kagbana remain isolated from the rest of Burauen town as there is no road or bridge connecting it to the mainland which is separated by Marabong River.
The villagers had earlier proposed that a hanging bridge be constructed that will connect Kagbana to the Brgy. Mahagnao just to reach the mainland.
It was learned from Petilla that a hanging bridge was supposed to be constructed in the area under the Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive Integrated Delivery of Social Service (Kalahi-CIDSS) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development but was shelved due to technical problems encountered in the course of the planning of the project.
The engineering battalion of the Philippine Army in the region had also planned to construct a road leading to the village but did not also materialize.
Petilla said that he would like to continue the proposed hanging bridge project. However, he did not say when this plan will actually start.
But for the meantime, he already sent a team from the Provincial Agriculture Office to assist the farmers in the area to improve their production.
(ROEL T. AMAZONA)
