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Quirino gets P32-M infrastructure projects

The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has turned over P32.6 million worth of infrastructure projects to the local government of Quirino.


Agrarian Undersecretary Rosalina Bistoyong said that the agency provided the province with farm-to-market roads and a potable water system for the farmers and residents of Las Maricar Agrarian Reform Communities in Saguday and Aglipay municipalities.

The projects include the 3.9-kilometer Rizal-La Paz road, the two-km Rizal-Cardenas road in Saguday and the 1.98-km Ligaya-Dagupan road in Aglipay. A potable water supply system was also put up to provide safe drinking water to people in Saguday.



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