“The ball right now is naa pa gyud sa NEDA and we are still waiting na maaprubahan sa NEDA and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will just comply. And if ever matagaan ta ug pondo mas maayo kay ma-address ang atong problema sa basura because the last time na nag istorya ta nga 600 to 700 metric tons per day na basura ang atong ma-generate but right now naa nata sa almost 1,000 tons per day,” Ocampo said during the AFP-PNP Press Corps media forum at The Royal Mandaya Hotel on Wednesday.
He added that even the Department of Energy (DOE) and the DENR expressed support for the project.
“Last December nianhi ang Department of Energy (DOE) and DENR kay naay gipahigayon na forum sa syudad sa Davao and we were glad to know that they are very eager to the WTE project kay nakita nila there is a need to address our waste problem,” he said.
Ocampo, chair of the Committee for Environment in the City Council, believes there is nothing else that could dramatically reduce the worrisome waste problem in Davao City but the WTE project.
In March this year, former mayor and now Vice President Sara Duterte reported that the city government of Davao was able to partner with DENR and secure P740 million of the needed P3.5 billion fund to supplement the available Japanese grant.
Last year, Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte was hopeful that the national government approves the P3-billion funding for the WTE project.
Ocampo said the project will cost approximately over P6 billion.
