Tanong ng mga Senador: Reclamation ba sa Manila Bay ang dahilan ng baha malapit sa Senado?

4 months ago

Kinuwestiyon ng ilang Senador kung ang reclamation sa Manila Bay ang dahilan ng pagbaha malapit sa Senado nang manalasa ang Habagat na pinalakas ng Bagyong Carina. May nalaman din ang Senado sa mahigit 5,000 flood control projects na ipinagmalaki ng gobyerno. Nakatutok si Mav Gonzales.

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00:00Some Senators questioned if the reclamation in Manila Bay

00:05is the reason for the flood near the Senate

00:08that caused the strong tides of Hurricane Karina.

00:11The Senate also had a say

00:14in the more than 5,000 flood control projects

00:17that were expanded by the government.

00:19Ma'am Gonzalez was able to point it out.

00:24The strong tides of Hurricane Karina

00:28became a road in front of the Senate in Pasay, Sadi.

00:31It was only the first time that happened.

00:33So, the Senators asked earlier...

00:36Is it true?

00:38Did the tides of the water

00:41outside Manila Bay cause the flood?

00:43Is reclamation the reason for the flood?

00:47Everyone has their own teachings

00:49and their own hands.

00:51Because there is no master plan.

00:55What do you want to happen here?

00:58Do you want to form a new agency?

01:01The agencies have no answer

01:03if the reclamation is the reason for the flood.

01:05The study is still ongoing here,

01:07especially if there are extreme events

01:09like the flood that hit Manila Bay.

01:11But according to the DENR,

01:13reclamation really has an effect

01:15on the water flow in Manila Bay.

01:17Reclamation projects

01:19will slow down

01:21the flow of water

01:24and will change the circulation

01:26and retention of pollutants

01:28and organic materials

01:30that are already in the bay.

01:32This does not include yet

01:34what will be coming

01:36from the inland.

01:38I foresee flooding

01:40caused by reclamation projects.

01:42So, let's include in the master plan

01:44those that are being reclaimed

01:46here in Manila Bay.

01:48Senate President Chiz Escudero

01:50first reported

01:52the loss of gasoline from a pumping station

01:54near the Senate.

01:56But the DPWH admitted

01:58that the pumping station was also damaged.

02:00More than 5,000 flood control projects

02:02were also heard

02:04that were largely completed by the government

02:06in small projects.

02:08These are the immediate projects,

02:10engineering interventions

02:12all over the country

02:14that are not included

02:16in the master plan.

02:18These are the

02:21stand-alone projects

02:23to provide immediate relief

02:25to low-lying areas.

02:27And in 2024,

02:29there will be no funds

02:31for the large flood control projects.

02:33In 2024,

02:35all foreign-assisted projects

02:37will be removed

02:39that are larger

02:41than all flood control projects.

02:43Is that correct?

02:45And in the unprogrammed fund

02:47of 2024 GAA,

02:49these flood control projects

02:51that have debts

02:53that are facing other countries,

02:55is that correct?

02:57That's correct, Your Honor.

02:59It was the same situation in 2023.

03:01The DPWH has no funds

03:03for additional equipment

03:05for dredging

03:07or for the removal

03:09of flood drainage.

03:11This is the reason why

03:13all of our major rivers

03:15are silted

03:17and the riverbeds

03:19are very shallow.

03:21The riverbeds have become very shallow

03:23to a point that

03:25any downpour

03:27that we call,

03:29the riverbanks will overflow.

03:31Senators also denied

03:33that there is still no national master plan

03:35for flood control

03:37that according to the DPWH,

03:39is already being updated.

03:41But the other master plan,

03:43my father's time,

03:46so I will ask,

03:48where will the billions

03:50of pesos go

03:52if there is no master plan?

03:54We also have a misconception

03:56that whenever the President

03:58changes,

04:00the project also changes.

04:02That's why it seems

04:04that the plan is being repeated

04:06because whenever the President changes,

04:08the plan also changes.

04:10When the DPWH

04:12denied the 20-year flood control master plan

04:14in Metro Manila

04:16that was made in 2013,

04:18it is being continued even though

04:20there are already three administrations.

04:22For GMA Integrated News,

04:24Mav Gonzales reporting for 24 Hours.

Tanong ng mga Senador: Reclamation ba sa Manila Bay ang dahilan ng baha malapit sa Senado? | 24 Oras

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