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12-04-2007, 02:30 PM
The government council, headed by President Leonel Fernandez, declared the repair and reconstruction work to all roads to the central city of Cotui an urgent priority, and declared that the distribution of drinking water was a "high priority." Fernandez instructed the aqueducts authority (INAPA) to place this on the top of the agenda for Cotui. Hoy writes that RD$87 million will be spent on rebuilding roads in the province and bridges like Cotui-Cevicos, Cotui-Pimentel and Piedra Blanca-Maimon-Cotui are already being repaired. In the next few days work in the sectors of La Colonia, Vista del Valle and Plan Piloto will begin. As for the bridge over the Rio Yuna, Fernandez explained that the Public Works Ministry would decide whether to build a new one or reconstruct the existing one.
State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) vice president Radhames Segura said that the CDEEE is working on increasing the power service to the province, which is currently unstable. Segura says that the CDEEE is working with a RD$49 million budget that will benefit 466 families in Sanchez Ramirez province. As for education and health, Fernandez said that the government is working on repairing hospitals and that 22 schools that were affected by Tropical Storm Noel have been rehabilitated. Farming in the area has also received aid, and Fernandez says that the government is working on plowing farmland and that 233 kilometers of small pathways have been repaired. Also, 1,600 quintals of fertilizers have been handed out to farmers as well as seeds for planting a variety of foods. On the question of the housing situation, the President said that in cooperation with the National Housing Institute (INVI) 192 homes were repaired, 129 were built and 70 more are planned. Fernandez says that the government has spent RD$4,132,000 on homes and RD$3,623,000 on building materials. According to Fernandez, RD$25 million has been spent on the reconstruction efforts so far, through the Presidential Social Plan.
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State-run Electricity Companies (CDEEE) vice president Radhames Segura said that the CDEEE is working on increasing the power service to the province, which is currently unstable. Segura says that the CDEEE is working with a RD$49 million budget that will benefit 466 families in Sanchez Ramirez province. As for education and health, Fernandez said that the government is working on repairing hospitals and that 22 schools that were affected by Tropical Storm Noel have been rehabilitated. Farming in the area has also received aid, and Fernandez says that the government is working on plowing farmland and that 233 kilometers of small pathways have been repaired. Also, 1,600 quintals of fertilizers have been handed out to farmers as well as seeds for planting a variety of foods. On the question of the housing situation, the President said that in cooperation with the National Housing Institute (INVI) 192 homes were repaired, 129 were built and 70 more are planned. Fernandez says that the government has spent RD$4,132,000 on homes and RD$3,623,000 on building materials. According to Fernandez, RD$25 million has been spent on the reconstruction efforts so far, through the Presidential Social Plan.
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