Manila, Oct. 29 -- Thirty-two housing units were officially turned over Tuesday to Indigenous Peoples (IP) families affected by the second stage of the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project (JRMP II).

The IP Housing Project, located in Sitio Agburi, Barangay Cahigon in Calinog town, is for families whose houses were submerged by water in the reservoir and the buffer zone.

It is situated approximately 10 km. upstream of the dam project to ensure they cannot be reached by water.

"The recipients opted for a group relocation or the house-to-house compensation. Each family availed of a 35-square-meter single detached house in a 150-square-meter lot," Steve Cordero, the OIC Division Manager for Institutional Development of the National Irrigati...