Jardeleza, he said, assured him that the damaged rice, which greatly disturbs the residents of Barangay Quintin Salas, Jaro, will be disposed by August.
He said the 120-men team working on the disposal of the spoiled rice work 24 hours a day.
NFA has already purchased tons of lime to neutralize the foul smell caused by the spoiled rice in the NFA compound.
As of this writing Wednesday, NFA has disposed about 78,667 sacks of spoiled rice, most of which were sold as organic fertilizer.
However, Treñas said that more workers are needed to hasten the disposal of the spoiled bags of rice.
No person is presently interested though in joining the disposal operation due to the strong odor of the rotten rice.
Treñas said the smell lessened a few days ago but it returned after more bags of spoiled NFA rice were piled up for disposal at the back of the NFA office.
NFA previously buried the bags of spoiled rice.
It later exhumed the rice and disposed them in other areas due to its terrible scent.
The rice is part of the 200,000 sacks of damaged rice during Typhoon Frank last June 21.
NFA warehouse is located in Barangay Quintin Salas, Jaro, a low-lying barangay affected by the flash flood.
Since last week, people living around the area of Barangay Tabuc Suba, Petalsville Subdivision, Alta Tierra and Barangay Tacas were complaining of the foul odor brought by the said spoiled rice.
NFA reportedly fast tracks the disposal operation of the said rice.
