Dam important to prevent another ‘Ondoy,’ says solon
By Gerry Baldo 09/26/2011A lawmaker from Marikina City yesterday pushed the construction of a dam that would prevent another devastating floods that hit the city during typhoon “Ondoy” in 2009.
According to Rep. Miro Quimbo, the people of Marikina constantly live in fear of another Ondoy and that unless intermediate, comprehensive and effective strategies to address flooding in our city are adopted the possibility of another disaster is there.
“It has been two years since Marikina was brought to its knees by typhoon Ondoy and no major flood control project has yet been thought of or is in the drawing board to prevent a recurrence of the tragedy,” Quimbo said.
Quimbo maintained there is a need to come up with a comprehensive plan that will involve not just Marikina but the surrounding cities and municipalities of Antipolo, Pasig, San Mateo and Montalban as well..... MORE
Source: The Daily Tribune
URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/metro/20110926met1.html
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hay naku, may nagkaisip din... at talaga namang master planning ang kailangan.
"He added the government should think of long-term solutions to the flooding problem that has devastated Marikina for years. Quimbo underscored the need to reforest the Marikina Watershed.
"“The long-term solution is to reforest the Marikina Watershed — which ironically is not in Marikina but in fact straddles between Antipolo City, Montalban and San Mateo. To make the watershed effective in preventing floods, at least 25 million trees need to be replanted considering that almost 80 percent of the 28,000-hectare watershed is already denuded,” he said."
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