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Seventy percent of the internal drainage system in Metro Manila is blocked by garbage and silt, which caused flooding in some areas amid the onslaught of Super Typhoon Carina and the Southwest Monsoon, Department of Public Works and Highways Secretary Manuel Bonoan said Tuesday.In a Palace briefing, Bonoan underscored the need to rehabilitate and upgrade the "antiquated" drainage system in Metro Manila, noting that there was running water "trapped" in the metropolis.
has directed the DPWH to consider not only the flow of floodwaters but also to initially impound these in watershed areas."This is a very important component that we need to address at this point in time and I think basically, this is a solution that will impede actually the flow of floodwaters down to the low-lying areas," he said.Bonoan also said the DPWH has so far completed about 5,521 flood control projects, and 5,000 more are in the pipeline.
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