“Now, we have about 50 tons of relief goods for evacuees, a few tons of food and other supply for our troops and heavy equipment like bulldozers,” Santos said. He said the heavy equipment would be used in the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi City. Army engineersADVERTISEMENT“Two out of the four Army Engineer Brigades will be utilized as the core units of the Joint Engineering Task Force for the reconstruction of Marawi,” he said. “The 52nd and 54th Engineer Brigades were named as the core units of the engineering task force,” Rey added. The rehabilitation and reconstruction of Marawi will not be the first time military engineers will participate in civilian development.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer July 06, 2017 00:33 UTC