HAPPY TO LEAVE Residents who stay outdoors the 6-kilometer prolonged hazard zone of Mt. Kanlaon in La Carlota Metropolis, Negros Occidental, are joyful to lastly go dwelling after spending six months in a faculty that has change into their momentary shelter on the metropolis heart. — Picture from La Carlota Metropolis/Fb
BACOLOD CITY — Greater than 1,300 residents of La Carlota Metropolis and La Castellana city in Negros Occidental who had been residing in class buildings was evacuation facilities started returning to their villages on Friday, about six months since they had been displaced by Mt. Kanlaon’s unrest.
The Nationwide Catastrophe Threat Discount and Administration Council has issued a memorandum, directing 11 colleges used as evacuation facilities in La Carlota and La Castellana in Negros Occidental and Canlaon Metropolis in Negros Occidental to be vacated in preparation for the resumption of in-person lessons for varsity yr 2025-2026 on June 16.
4 colleges in La Castellana and two in La Carlota had been used to shelter displaced residents when the volcano erupted on Dec. 9 final yr. 5 different colleges additionally housed evacuated residents of Canlaon Metropolis in Negros Oriental.
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Colleges’ cleanup
These from outdoors the 6-kilometer expanded hazard zone (EDZ) had been allowed to go dwelling whereas these from inside the EDZ can be relocated to nonschool evacuation websites.
The Regional Job Pressure Kanlaon, by means of the native governments and the Regional Incident Administration Workforce, had been instructed to facilitate the protected relocation of displaced households and make sure the speedy restoration of college services to operational situation.
Assistant Secretary Cesar Idio, Workplace of Civil Protection deputy administrator for operations, stated within the June 8 memorandum that relocation websites have to be located outdoors the EDZ.
He additionally directed the cleanup, sanitation and rehabilitation of college services in time for the resumption of lessons.
La Carlota Metropolis stated 897 individuals representing 254 households returned dwelling on Friday. They’re from areas in three villages situated outdoors of the EDZ.
These villagers had been housed on the Metropolis Evacuation Middle, La Carlota South Elementary College II (South II), La Carlota North Elementary College (LCNES), and the La Carlota Metropolis School-Cubay Campus.
La Carlota Metropolis Mayor Rex Jalandoon stated the choice to start the decampment course of was really helpful by the Metropolis Catastrophe Threat Discount and Administration Council throughout its assembly on June 10.
Nonetheless, 64 households (232 folks) from Sitio Guintubdan in Barangay Ara-al wouldn’t but be returning dwelling and had been transferred from South II and LCNES to the Metropolis Evacuation Middle and Metropolis Gymnasium 1 for his or her continued security, town authorities stated.
New shelters
Native authorities had been monitoring the scenario and offering help to these nonetheless displaced, whereas supporting the reintegration of returning households into their communities.
In La Castellana, 50 households (466 folks) who’ve been residing at St. Vincent’s Excessive College, a non-public faculty, had been relocated on Friday to the lined court docket in Barangay Mansalanao, stated Municipal Catastrophe Threat Discount and Administration Workplace head John de Asis.
They’re residents from inside the 6-km EDZ in Barangay Mansalanao.
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De Asis stated the city has been taking good care of 1,329 displaced households (4,210 people) for about six months however they may not be allowed to return dwelling but since they’re from villages inside the EDZ.
