Valenzuela City deploys 'mobile shower' vs heat, water shortage

MANILA -- Valenzuela City has deployed "mobile showers" to help its residents cope with excessive heat and water shortage in some areas. With a total cost of P12.75 milltion, the city government procured additional two mobile showers and toilets that come with four shower enclosures, four toilets, handwash basins, and a folding clothes rack. These will be an addition to the city's disaster response fleet that will be deployed to evacuation centers. This May, the mobile shower will tour every barangay daily so that Valenzuelanos experiencing water shortages can use the shower rooms for free. "Libreng shower po ‘yan, libreng toilet… ito po ay iikot dahil po may mga komunidad tayo na medyo may kaunting power interruption, at hindi po sila makaligo dahil walang kuryente sa kanilang bahay," Valenzuela Mayor Wes Gatchalian said. "Kaya po sa pamamagitan po ng mobile shower natin, araw-araw [ay] papaikutin po natin… para po maiwasan natin ang sakit na mula sa heat wave na nararanasan natin ngayon.” (It’s a free shower, a free toilet... because we have communities that have power interruptions, and they can't take a shower because there's no electricity in their house. That's why, with our mobile shower, it will roam every day... so that we can avoid the diseases from the intense heat that we're experiencing.) Subscribe to the ABS-CBN News channel! - http://bit.ly/TheABSCBNNews Watch full episodes on iWantTFC for FREE here: http://iwanttfc.com Visit our website at http://news.abs-cbn.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abscbnNEWS Twitter: https://twitter.com/abscbnnews Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/abscbnnews