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Many parts of the Philippines were recently submerged in floods as Super Typhoon Carina struck the country earlier this week.Among those who were greatly affected by the calamity was Arjel, a security guard. He was on his way back home from work when a big wave hit him and he fell off a 20-meter cliff in Rodriguez, Rizal.“Nu’ng time na nandoon na ako sa ilalim ng bangin, nakakapit ako sa puno para hindi ako agusin papuntang malayo. Nagsisigaw ako ng tulong,” he said.
“So hindi ba ngayon e tamang panahon na na mag-isip tayo na paano ba nating idi-decongest ang overcrowded na metropolis ng Metro Manila.”PH’s costly flood control projectsDr. Lagmay said that the government spends at least one billion pesos per day on the so-called flood control projects.“‘Yung project na flood control na niloan natin sa World Bank ay worth P358 billion yata. ‘Yun ‘yung ginawa natin sa Metro Manila. 356 days in a year, lumalabas roughly P1 billion a day,” Dr. Lagmay said.
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