Contributed by: Glo A. Tuazon
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Tublay- Kapangan road cut
Baguio City, Benguet. Some of the isolated municipal roads in Benguet were not given much attention after the onslaught of typhoon Pepeng. That is according to Mayor Roberto K. Canuto of Kapangan. The reason though he explained is because of the fact that the municipality was cut off from the rest of the province when their main access route which is the bridge located along Suyoc in Tublay fell off, leaving a very big and wide gap along the road. With the road cut, there was no way for heavy equipments to cross over to clear up the numerous road slides in Kapangan. The diversion road in Tuel, Tublay was not much of a reprieve also as it is mostly a very steep incline and can only accommodate one vehicle going one way. Another big hazard was the falling off of another bridge along Brgy. Balakbak. With these conditions it was a very hard time for the denizens of Kapangan (also of Kibungan) as they were literally cut off from food supplies, gas and all. The fact that the electricity was also only restored after 20 days made everything more difficult than it was. With everything in disarray, they even forgot to contact the media for help as their primary concern was the restoration of roads and access routes. Gov. Nestor Fongwan of Benguet had to airlift the necessary food and other supplies to Kapangan as it was the only way.
Mayor Canuto has his townsfolk to thank though, along with his constituents that in the height of all the calamity and suffering in their area, the people were very understanding and caring. It brought out the good in most people. What may seem undoable to most, the Kapangan people did by manually opening all the slides going to and from their municipality. The menfolk volunteered to donate each a time to help dig out their covered roads to enable everybody access. Foods were in turn given as relief to the municipality, something they used to feed the volunteer workers.
The many slides also damaged numerous houses and properties and to this day some are still dealing with problems of property rehab and personal traumas. “We were pushed backwards a few paces instead of progressing. We were supposed to be creating, now we are instead repairing.” Canuto said. “But Kapangan will rise again with the cooperation of the people and the officials.” To all who helped, Mayor Canuto and his townsfolk wanted to extend their utmost gratitude.
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