'It doesn't make them any favors when they say that the dolomite sand is just P28 million. Because the next question is, saan mapupunta 'yong balance?' asks Infrawatch PH's Terry Ridon.
Public policy think tank Infrawatch PH on Wednesday, September 16, questioned where the remaining balance of the Manila Baywalk white sand project's P389-million budget will go.
In a webinar hosted by Oceana Philippines, Living Laudato Si, and the Archdiocese of Manila Ministry on Ecology, Infrawatch PH Convenor Terry Ridon raised the question on the project's budget. "It doesn't make them any favors when they say that the dolomite sand is just P28 million. Because the next question is,Running their computations with an estimated P1,000 per cubic meter of sand and P500 for labor, the group concluded that filling the 500 meters by 60 meters of Manila Baywalk with 164,700 cubic meters of sand will run short of the P389-million budget.
In a separate statement on Wednesday, Infrawatch PH accused environment officials of making contradictory statements before Congress. "During DENR's budget hearing, DENR Undersecretary Jonas Leones said that desilting is included in the P389-million project, in which P28 million constituted the cost of dolomite," the group said in a press release on Wednesday, September 16.
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