Salceda said the move is to further ensure that no person would dare go back to their homes, what with confirmed reports that a lot of evacuees have already returned homes for the New Year's revelry which was further boosted when soldiers were able to catch yesterday afternoon some persons within the declared danger zone in Barangay Mabinit in Legazpi City.
The official said both the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) and the Albay Electric Cooperative (ALECO) have already agreed to cut off the power supply starting 10 p.m. yesterday evening while the water supply would discontinue in the soonest possible time today (December 31).
"For the past 17 days, we have been repeatedly doing our efforts to heed the advice of the PHIVOLCS (Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology) that there should be no human activities within the declared danger zones," said Salceda.
"Legally, there should be no people within the declared danger zones because of the provincial ordinance of the implementation of a 24-hour curfew. It is on this premise that I ordered that electricity and water supplies should be cut off," he added.
By tomorrow afternoon (December 31), Salceda said he is also expecting the security forces to cut off the roads leading to all affected barangays in the cities of Tabaco, Legazpi and Ligao and the towns of Guinobatan, Camalig, Daraga, Malilipot and Sto. Domingo.
By cutting off the roads, Salceda said it means that security forces are authorized to block them with anything that would prevent the entry of all types of vehicles.
He added that both police and military were also instructed to double their efforts in conducting a round-the-clock curfew and house-to-house check to ensure that no single person is staying in more than 10,000 households within the danger zones.
"I hope that they (evacuees) would understand that we are doing this for their safety. For the past 17 days, we have been providing them with almost everything, from simple basic needs to foods for Noche Buena, Media Noche and even entertainment, to discourage them from going back to their homes," said Salceda.
A total of 10,032 families or approximately 47,500 persons have been forcibly evacuated from their homes after Alert Level 4 was hoisted over Mayon Volcano, meaning, a hazardous eruption is possible within days, or even hours.
But some of them were seen going back to their homes, prompting the local officials to impose a 24-hour curfew and even provide them with other projects under the psychosocial care program that includes concerts and parties in evacuation centers, to prevent them from sneaking back towards their homes.
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