Gulayan ng Bayan is now operational

The Gulayan ng Bayan, also called Bagsakan ng Bayan, is now operational. It started to accept the unloading from transport vehicles of vegetables and related foodstuffs from rural farms offered for sale in the market on January 22, 2012. The project is a market component intended to provide assistance to producers offering their crops to consumers for sale.
The information on the status of the project is the answer of EEMO Manager Eric F. Pabinguit to the inquiry about the project, recalling the manager’s avowal to construct the market component to be ready for services before the Chinese lunar year of the water dragon. Pabinguit admitted though that it is not yet inaugurated because it has yet be fully equipped with facilities as planned earlier. The Bagsakan is desired to be provided stalls for use of producers-vendors in the sale of their produce.
Pabinguit added he is thinking to recycle for use at the Gulayan the still standing stalls at the premises of the market constructed for the fire victims of the December conflagration to use temporarily pending completion of the new market structure.
The Bagsakan ng Bayan is constructed by the EEMO construction and the maintenance crew spending for the project the amount of ninety-eight thousand pesos for materials and contingency costs. Among the materials are reinforcement bars, post straps, sands, timber, bags of cement and nails.
The management of the vegetable dropping zone is the responsibility given to the Economic Enterprise Management Office in the implementation the policies and operational guidelines through Bansalan SB Resolution No.33,s.2011 authored by Councilor Liza R. Abril.
An important policy mandated for implementation was adopted obviously intended for the protection of farm producers. The policy states that it shall be unlawful for any person to intercept or stop a vegetable or fruit producer who is on his way to to the public market, to dissuade or attempt to dissuade him from selling his products at the Bagsakan area or to buy all or part of his produce brought to the market for selling purposes.
The resolution defines the rates of fees pursuant to the 2010 Municipal Tax Code of transport vehicles by type using the Bagsakan. Elf and jeep types of transport vehicles are charged Ᵽ 20.00; forward units and trucks, Ᵽ30.00 and skylab/motorcycle Ᵽ10.00 per entry.
Small planters, backyard gardeners or small vegetable growers who have stalls with which to vend their products in the market are to sell on designated time and are charged fees by cash tickets or arkabala at the rate of
Ᵽ 10.00 per prescribed table. In addition, display of vegetables, root crops and other common in season fruits is prohibited when producers are using their own display tables and tents.
The new Bagsakan structure replaces the demolished building at the same Bagsakan zone east of the market across Miral river. The zone can be reached through Cosmos St. Farmers bringing their products may reach Bagsakan by way of Kumintang St. or Lily St.. Duly authorized labor corps is at hand to assist unloading and delivering the goods to their destination points at reasonable rates.
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originally published at "The Bansalan Econonomic Enterprise" January 2012 Issue, Vol. II No. 1