Pointless investigation
| C.R.O.S.S.R.O.A.D.S |
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| Jonathan De la Cruz |
It is well that Senate blue ribbon committee chairman Teofisto “TG” Guingona has decided to call off an earlier plan to investigate the Laguna de Bay Rehabilitation Project, LLRP for short, noting that P-Noy has put the project on hold pending reaffirmation of a number of commitments which certain sectors and government agencies had advised in the course of discussions about the project during the budget hearings. DENR Secretary Ramon Paje, for example, agreed with Laguna Gov. ER Ejercito and the people’s organization Kilusang
Lawa Kalikasan (KLK) which represents a cross section of the millions of lakeshore residents that the dredging and rehabilitation of the lakeshore communities is long overdue. He just emphasized the need to attach to the project a comprehensive reforestation and watershed management component to ensure that erosion and siltation in the upland communities will be abated.
Said the KLK: “Dredging the lake now is our assurance that the 15 towns and cities around Laguna de Bay would not be swamped by floods during the rainy season and a repeat of the deluge and massive damages caused by Typhoon “Ondoy” would not happen again. Additionally, dredging would open up the navigational channels to encourage the growth of a ferry system that would enhance trade between the lakeshore communities and Metro Manila and ease traffic and transport woes in and around the lakeshore and its influenced areas.”.... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20101115com4.html
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