MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Jan. 17 (PIA) -- The Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM)-3 reported that it has completed five (5) Barangay Infrastructure Projects (BIPs) in Lanao del Sur while eight (8) are in the bidding or design stage as of December 31, 2010.
The report recently presented to the members of the provincial Infrastructure Monitoring Advisory Group (IMAG) showed that it has constructed a barangay bridge in Bubong town, Gubar-Sawer footbridge in Masiu town, Dilabayan-Ilian slab bridge in Taraka town, as well as Kili-Kili East Bailey bridge improvement and Serran Village suspension footbridge in Wao town.
Eight (8) projects, on the other hand, are currently in the bidding or design stage namely the construction of Diolangan Barangay bridge in Bubong, upgrading of Butig water system, construction of Polo-Dilausan Barangay bridge in Ditsaan-Ramain, upgrading of Buad-Alog slab bridge in Lumbatan, construction of a suspension footbridges in Dilausan and Balagunun-Botud in Maguing and construction of Eastern Wao Trading Center and Christian Village Barangay bridge in Wao.
BIPs are small-scale infrastructure projects constructed to help increase economic growth in barangays. The cost of BIP ranges from Php200,000 to Php2-million.
Meantime, the report also showed that security is one of the constraints GEM-3 experienced during project implementation and construction.
Other concerns include delayed delivery or inadequacy of the counterpart contributions from local government units, environmental constraints such as raining and flooding, local interference such as extortion, fraud and conflict of interests, improper use or non-use of the facilities, and inadequate or lack of maintenance.
GEM-3 which began in 2008 is funded by the United States for International Development. It expands the work carried out under GEM 1 (1995-2002) and GEM 2 (2002-2007) operating throughout the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and other conflict-affected areas of Mindanao. (Apipa Bagumbaran - PIA Marawi)
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