The heirs of the late National Artist for Architecture Leandro Locsin have donated a 1.14-hectare property in Oriental Mindoro to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the construction of the “second and bigger” sewage treatment plant near the province’s famous White Beach, Barangay San Isidro in Puerto Galera. With the donation, Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu said the agency could start next month the construction of the P194-million STP that is expected to be operational by the last quarter of 2020. About 2,000 square meters of the donated property would be used for the STP, while a sub-office of the DENR-Batangas provincial environment and natural resources would be built in the remaining 9,444 square meters.

Araja, R. N. (2020, February 13). DENR to use donated land for sewage treatment plant. Manila Standard, p. A6.