URDANETA CITY, Jan. 6 (PNA) — Livelihood and environmental sanitation will be the main thrusts of the city government this year, according to Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr.
In a talk to newsmen, Perez said livelihood is a priority because of the soaring prices of commodities which had affected ordinary families.
He said the city government will mobilize all households to produce their own food, like vegetables, so that they will no longer buy these from the market.
“We will make all families plant their own food,” said Perez as he revealed that the city government is already producing vegetable seedlings in its nurseries to be distributed to all households in the barangays.
He said last year, Urdaneta built infrastructures, like the high-rise Urdaneta City Public Market No. 1 and 2 and others.
This year, it will be different as we will zero in on motivating households to produce their own food that became very prohibitive, he said.
He added that on environmental sanitation, the city will build a material recovery facility at its sanitary landfill in barangay Catablan to ensure that it can produce, among others, fertilizers needed by the farms.
The city seeks to buy machineries that can be used to convert decaying wastes into organic fertilizers, including composts, for sale to farmers at reduced prices. (PNA)
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