The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System paid P80 million in disturbance fees to Tanay, Rizal and General Nakar, Quezon Province Dumagat-Remontado tribes for the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project (NCWS-KDP).
Dumagat-Remontado tribes from Tanay, Rizal and General Nakar, Quezon Province each received P80 million worth of disturbance fees from the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System for the construction of the New Centennial Water Source-Kaliwa Dam Project .
“The Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System formally turned over the disturbance fee amounting to P160 million for the Dumagat/Remontado tribe from General Nakar, Quezon and Tanay, Rizal for the New Centennial Water Source- Kaliwa Dam Project at MWSS corporate office in Quezon City on Tuesday, Feb. 21.”
The turnover ceremony held Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Quezon City, started with a ritual headed by Indigenous Peoples leader from General Nakar.The given amount will be used for the implementation of livelihood programs in each IP group, said the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples On Monday, Feb. 20, NCIP issued a statement refuting the claims of some IP groups and IP rights groups against the construction of the dam.The commission said that a prior discussion was conducted with the affected IP communities before gaining approval for NCWS-KDP.
Other members of Dumagat-Remontado tribes and groups who oppose the project are conducting a nine-day march that started at General Nakar, Quezon, on Feb. 15 and is expected to end in Malacañang in Manila on Feb. 23.
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