MINALIN – The local
chief executive of this town yesterday bared that the breached portion of Sta.
Rita Taildike was already close with the help of the various officials
supporting the ‘Save Minalin Movement.’
Mayor Edgar Flores said
they had done share to strengthen the damaged portion of the taildike for the
safety of the people.
“We cannot rely on the
present engineering structure, ginawa na namin ang number na kailangan naming
gawin para sa ating mga kababayan,” he added.
The mayor stated the
work on the taildike was accomplished with the help of the other elected
officials in the neighboring municipalities.
Fourth District
Congressman Juan Pablo “Rimpy” Bondoc, one of the advocates of the ‘Save Minalin
Movement’ thanked the officials of the regional office of the Department of
Public Works Highways (DPWH) for the support in the campaign to rehabilitate
and reinforce the existing dike structure.
He explained that closing
the breached portion of Sta. Rita Taildike is not the ultimate solution in the problem.
“Una ay kailangan natin
isara ang nasirang bahagi ng dike. Pangalawa, buksan ang mga sapa sa down
stream sa dumaloy ang tubig at ayusin pa ang labasan ng tubig,” Bondoc
stressed.
It can be recalled that there
is massive flooding in this town, Sto. Tomas, Minalin, Macabebe and Masantol
due to tremendous amounts of water coming from the river flowing in the
Megadike and downstream to the affected areas.
This resulted to
overflowing and breaches in several portions of the concerned dike.
The congressman earlier
suggested the re-opening the Ventura River - as one of the original water
channel draining Labuan River in Minalin.
He said further
explained water should pass through Pasig-Potrero River out to Labuan River,
then to Sasmuan River going to Pasac River.
Board Member Nestor Tolentino, meanwhile, said that they had already submitted to the public works engineering recommendations on the proposed thorough rehabilitation of the damaged taildike.
“We running out of time kaya
ginawa muna natin kung ano ang tama. Nagbayanihan po tayo para maisara natin
ang sirang bahagi ng dike
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