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| A farmer checks on the products transported through the agricultural tramline./ Capitol photo |
The project,
which costs P3,390,771.34, was jointly implemented by the provincial government
of Negros Occidental, PhilMech and the Department of Agriculture-Region 6.
It is seen to
benefit about 400 farmers and many barangays in Don Salvador and nearby
barangays of San Carlos City.
The tramline is
an alternative transport system for farmers in areas isolated from road network
because of ravines, rivers, and dense vegetation; it is a system of steel
cables and pulleys that links the production area to the nearest access road
for the transport of agricultural products such as upland rice, banana, ginger,
corn, vegetables, squash, coconut, among others.
Also, the
project will minimize the drudgery of hauling and transport of products; reduce
hauling time (from 3 hours of manual hauling to 3 minutes with tramline use);
reduce hauling cost to 50 percent thus increase the farmers’ income; and
maintain good quality of vegetables by the reduction of mechanical damages.
The project is a
two-way bicable tramline system; the cable is 625 meters from Igmaya-an proper
to Sitio Quenabong of Don Salvador Benedicto and 864 meters from Igmaya-an
proper to Sitio Bedio, in Brgy. Codcod, San Carlos City, and has a hauling
capacity of 350 kg per trip.
The tramline has
a speed of 100-150 meters per minute and has 80 Hp diesel engine.
The project was
recently inaugurated by Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala and Governor
Alfredo Marañon Jr.
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