KIDAPAWAN CITY – The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) extended anew the deadline of the Road Clearing Operation 2.0 (RCO 2.0) to February 15 in consideration of the need of local government units (LGUs) to immediately prepare their local Covid -19 vaccination plans.
The DILG ordered LGUs to come up with their vaccination
plan that contains the preparation of risk communication plans and conduct of
early vaccine information drive.
It said the plan must also include a master
list of priority eligible vaccine population; identification of possible
vaccine centers, available cold chain storages, and other logistical
requirements; and a master list of existing human resources and personnel
needed in the inoculation program, among others.
“The Department is fully cognizant of the
urgency for LGUs to prepare their vaccination plans against COVID-19 that’s why
the road clearing timeline is extended anew. This is, however, the last
extension to be granted by the DILG. We need to give LGUs time to focus on
their local vaccination plans so we are giving them more time to undertake
their road-clearing operations,” said DILG Undersecretary Jonathan Malaya.
Malaya said that the DILG’s validation of
LGUs’ compliance has also been moved from to March 2. “The deadline of the submission
of all consolidated validation reports from the DILG regional offices will be
one week after the end of the validation period or on March 9, 2021. We will
not allow any modification in the report after submission,” he said.
In order to ensure close coordination on the
submission of reports, Malaya said all DILG regional offices also designated
one road clearing focal person.
All LGUs under the Modified General Community
Quarantine (MGCQ) will be validated according to their full implementation of
road clearing operations - the removal of road obstructions, enactment of an
enabling ordinance, conduct of an inventory of road obstructions, crafting and
implementation of a displacement plan, rehabilitation of cleared roads,
creation of a grievance mechanism, and compliance with the ban on tricycles
along national roads.
The LGUs' compliance on the ban of tricycles
on national highways shall also be checked. “Inaasahan po ng DILG ang full
cooperation ng LGUs para sa maayos na validation process. Within the validation
period, LGUs shall submit reports detailing their compliance to the components
of road clearing to the Validation Team. Strictly no report, no score,” Malaya
said. (With additional reporting by Rhoderick Benez.)
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