PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage Office is appealing to the national government to hasten the implementation of mitigating measures to address the adverse impacts of perennial flooding.
PAGALUNGAN, Maguindanao del Sur – The Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Manage Office is appealing to the national government to hasten the implementation of mitigating measures to address the adverse impacts of perennial flooding.MDRRMO chief Benjamin Alip said that they are still awaiting concerned government agencies to assist them in addressing the issue almost two months since the severe flooding hit.
The continued scouring threatens to cut off a portion of the Cotabato-Davao Highway Barangay Layog, he added. “Since I assumed as MDRMMO officer 10 years ago, only 200 meters of river wall have been built to protect the highway. And the scouring continues in other parts of the river.” Pulangi River flows from its headwaters in Bukidnon down to the 220,000-hectare Ligawasan Marsh. The marsh drains to the Moro Gulf through the Rio Grande de Mindanao, which cuts across several towns in Maguindanao del Sur.
While admitting that they have experienced flooding in the past, Alip recounted that it was the first time that the flooding started from the Ligawasan Marsh area. One of the worst-hit barangays is Dalgan, Alip said, adding some parts of the barangay are now covered with silt, which is estimated to be about eight meters high.
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