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00:00 The governor of Bulacan cut the Sinang Gate of Bustos Dam
00:06 in the middle of the ongoing flood in their province.
00:09 But the National Irrigation Administration said
00:12 the gate has no sign that it can't stop the water.
00:16 Because it rained for 8 days,
00:20 it's not what we expected.
00:21 Jun Veneracion was there.
00:28 In the few days of rain in Bulacan,
00:30 even though there was no storm,
00:31 the water from Ipo and Bustos Dam is being blamed.
00:35 The governor of Bulacan particularly mentioned
00:38 the broken gate of Bustos Dam.
00:41 Gate number 5 is broken.
00:42 It's been 3 years and it's still not broken.
00:44 What if suddenly someone comes?
00:46 It's even stronger.
00:48 It's scary because when the gates open,
00:50 Bulacan will sink.
00:52 But the National Irrigation Administration said
00:55 the broken rubber gate has no effect
00:57 because Bustos is just a diversionary dam.
01:00 Even if it's not broken,
01:02 it can't stop the water that comes.
01:06 We should ask,
01:07 are the drainages okay?
01:09 Why doesn't the water come out of the drainages?
01:12 According to the government,
01:13 the water from Ipo and Bustos Dam should also be removed.
01:17 It's already leaking.
01:19 If you don't remove it,
01:21 the water inside the reservoir will become heavier.
01:26 If it's broken, we'll have more problems.
01:30 What if in the summer,
01:34 we don't have water?
01:37 The water released from the 2 dams
01:39 from July 27 to August 4
01:42 is equivalent to the water that can fill
01:44 more than 11,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
01:48 The water from the rivers flowing from Ipo Dam
01:51 before it reached Bustos Dam.
01:54 Because the water is leaking out of the Ngagat River
01:58 that flows through the towns of Norzagaray,
02:02 Angat, San Rafael, Bustos, Baliwag, Pulilan, Plaridel, and Hagonoy.
02:07 But the water from the flowers
02:09 doesn't come from Bustos,
02:11 but from the heavy rain,
02:13 according to the government.
02:14 The water from July 26 to August 3
02:17 can fill more than 1,000,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools
02:21 far from the volume released by the dam.
02:24 That's a problem for the flowers and the reservoir,
02:26 which is a catch basin or more shallow,
02:28 that's why the water flows.
02:30 Even if we say that the Ipo or Bustos didn't open,
02:39 because of the heavy rain,
02:42 there might be flooding.
02:44 The long-term solution of the National Irrigation Administration
02:47 for flooding the flowers
02:48 is the construction of a new dam
02:50 and the bidding for the 2.4 billion pesos Bayabas Dam is about to start.
02:55 If there's no problem,
02:57 maybe in December,
02:58 the construction can start.
03:00 According to the new leader of NGIA,
03:02 they can finish the Bayabas Dam in three years.
03:06 Let's stop the lamentation,
03:07 let's see what the problem is,
03:08 and we'll make a solution.
03:10 The dams are important because of their various uses,
03:12 like the water tank as a preparation for the heat.
03:15 So it's good news that the dams in Luzon are now at a normal level
03:19 after the heavy rain,
03:21 especially since there's a near El Nino.
03:24 But NGIA said,
03:25 the water tank is still far from being full,
03:27 the water tank for irrigation is still far from being full,
03:30 the water tank for irrigation is still far from being full.
03:32 We're not yet safe, it's still far.
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