Rehabilitation of Marawi began following the end of a five month-battle in the city in October 2017. The battle left most of the city devastated, as government forces fought against ISIL-affiliated militants led by Isnilon Hapilon of the Abu Sayyaf and Omar and Abdullah Maute of the Maute group.
Efforts to rehabilitate Marawi began even as the Battle of Marawi was still ongoing. An inter-agency taskforce called Task Force Bangon Marawi was set up on June 28, 2017, to facilitate the rehabilitation after the conflict subsides. [1] The Philippine hosting of the regional 2019 Southeast Asian Games was initially cancelled in August 2017 with government funds meant for the hosting to be reallocated to the rehabilitation efforts. Two months later the government said that the country will remain as hosts. [2]
The Department of the Interior and Local Government has announced that the rehabilitation efforts has already begun by October 18, 2017. [3] By October 27, 2017, a few days after the conflict ended, the Armed Forces of the Philippines dissolved its Joint Task Force Marawi which marks the start of full-scale rehabilitation of Marawi. The military set up Joint Task Force Ranao to replace the defunct task force to facilitate the rehabilitation efforts. [4]
The Philippine military started clearing unexploded ordnance after battle and has cleared around 85 percent of the ordnance by May 2018. [5] Around 70 percent of the displaced residents of Marawi has returned to the city by this time. [6]
In 2020, the chair of Task Force Bangon Marawi declared that 20%-30% of Marawi City had been rehabilitated. [7] [8] As of November 2020, some 2,800 families remain in temporary shelters. [9] [10] Five years after the siege, in May 2022, the 72% of Marawi City has been rehabilitated. [11]
However, Google Earth images from the hardest hit area, the 1.5*1.5 km area SE of the river and NE of the lakeshore, suggest little or no rehab has actually been accomplished. Images from before the siege show well over 1000 buildings packed into this area. The first image after the siege shows about 90% them destroyed, with multicolored rooftops replaced by grey and brown rubble. The most recent image, from October 2022, shows most of the ruins have been overgrown with vegetation. This can also be verified by the recent Street View images, in which about 90% of the buildings are still in ruins.
The National Economic and Development Authority released a projection stating that the necessary investments related to the rehabilitation of Marawi outside the "main battle zone" from 2018 to 2022 will cost around ₱53 billion. [12] [13] Task Force Bangon Marawi's estimated cost for the rehabilitation of the whole city is ₱75 to 80 billion as of May 2018. [13]
The Philippine government has allotted a budget of ₱5 billion for the year 2017. [14] In 2018, the allocated budget is ₱10 billion from the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Fund and an additional ₱5 billion from the Unprogrammed Appropriations in the 2018 General Appropriations Act. [13]
Amidst the battle, some countries and international organization either pledged or gave aid for the rehabilitation of Marawi. China on its part gave a ₱15 millioncheck donation [15] as well as shipment of heavy equipment such as excavators, bulldozers, and dump trucks. [16] India donated about Rs 3.2 crore [note 1] for the rehabilitation and relief of Marawi. [18]
The Asian Development Bank and World Bank expressed their willingness in providing technical assistance in regards to the rehabilitation of Marawi. [19]
By October 2017, the Philippine government has received rehabilitation aid from Canada, China, Germany, India, South Korea, Singapore, Thailand. It has also received aid from the United States Agency for International Development and the ASEAN Coordinating Center for Humanitarian Assistance on Management. Australia, Japan, the United States, as well as the European Union and the United Nations Development Program have pledged aid. [4]
Marawi, officially the Islamic City of Marawi, is a 4th class component city and capital of the province of Lanao del Sur, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 207,010 people.
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2017 in the Philippines details events of note that happened in the Philippines in 2017.
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