Ground Zero debris clearing to cost billions

Clearing the debris of war in Marawi could take two to three years and the cost of reconstruction and rehabilitation could run into close to a hundred billion pesos, according to officials of Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM).

The Office of Civil Defense, TFBM lead agency, conducted a Post Conflict Needs Assessment (PCNA) of Ground Zero and said the P10 billion the national government is allocating for rebuilding Marawi may not be enough as the effort could cost as much as P90-billion.