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SOME areas in Negros Oriental will experience a 12-hour power outage on Sunday, October 4, which will also cause the water supply to be disrupted in some parts of this capital city.
Cooperativa Eléctrica Negros Oriental II (Noreco II), in a notice, said that a scheduled interruption of electricity service from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday will affect areas from Calo, San José, to the entire areas of Sibulan, Dumaguete City. , Valencia, Bacong. , Dauin, Zamboanguita and Siaton.
The reason for the blackout is that the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) will deactivate its Amlan-Siaton 69kV transmission line “to continue with the implementation of its program to replace wooden poles with steel poles.”
Meanwhile, Noreco II will also carry out maintenance activities in parallel throughout the affected areas.
In relation to the blackout, the Dumaguete City Water District (DCWD) also announced on Friday, October 2 that the areas expected to have no water or little water supply are Barangays Balugo, Candau-ay, Batinguel , Taclobo, Motong, Buñao, Camanjac, Piapi, Bantayan and Daro.
DCWD asked its customers / dealers to stockpile water before the power outage, as the supply is expected to return to normal at 6pm Sunday.
As this unfolded, Provincial Health Warrant Officer Dr. Liland Estacion, president of the health committee of the province’s Interagency Working Group for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID), warned the public not to go to the beaches or go to shopping centers or similar establishments.
She told a news conference Friday that swimming for pleasure is still prohibited, noting that people left their homes to cool off on the beach during the last long blackout in the province.
That time, a resort was closed because a Covid-19 positive patient was wandering around that day, and people shook after hearing that the woman had tested positive for the coronavirus days later, he added.
Station reminded people that the pandemic is not over yet and therefore they should not lower their guard.
He called on barangay officials to monitor people leaving their homes in their respective villages, as he reiterated the need to observe proper health protocols such as physical distancing, wearing face masks / coverings, and the use of alcohol and similar disinfectants.
The Department of Commerce and Industry has already allowed 75 percent of accommodation in establishments, but there is no guarantee that people are already safe from the threat of Covid-19 here, he said. (PNA)
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