The National Irrigation Administration officially signed the contract for the construction of the P5.8 billion Balog-Balog storage dam and its appurtenant structures. NIA Administrator Ricardo Visaya earlier this week signed the contract with ITP Construction Inc. and Guangxi Hydroelectric Construction Bureau Co., Ltd., the contractors of the said project. The storage dam is under the Balog-Balog Multi-Purpose Project-Phase II (BBMP II) which was started in 2015 and had its ceremonial groundbreaking in Tarlac last year. When fully completed, BBMP II will irrigate a total of 34, 410 hectares and will serve at least 23,000 farmers. As a multi-purpose dam, the project will also have a hydropower component which can potentially generate 43.5 MW of hydropower.

Source: Manila Times May 26, 2017 18:22 UTC