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00:00A portion of the Slow Protection and Flood Control Project in Arayat, Pampanga was granted after less than a year and now, it is no longer available.
00:13The residents who live next to it need to evacuate because of the dangerous situation.
00:19What is the reason and who should be responsible for this perversion?
00:24Mom!
00:26Oh my God, there's something wrong with her.
00:29The residents of Barangay Kabating in Arayat, Pampanga did not fully believe that their house will be evacuated.
00:36This is how their place will look like.
00:39It's a piece of land that is almost buried in the ground.
00:44That's what we're afraid of.
00:45Last Saturday, we were still safe.
00:48We don't know what will happen the next time it rains.
00:51I'm also worried because there's a lot of water underneath.
00:57The residents are now worried about their safety.
01:00It's really dangerous. It's critical. Even if it's okay, it will fall down.
01:06At the moment, three families lost their homes because of the construction of the so-called project.
01:11Grace Pangilinan, who is known as Recibo, took over her house.
01:16That's the one with the cement tube.
01:19Grace and I heard that the residents of the house are slowly giving up their land in August 17, 2024.
01:26The land is slowly falling apart.
01:29When we saw it, there's nothing left.
01:31My house just collapsed.
01:33In our interview with the resident of Barangay Kabating, they mentioned how the construction started.
01:40What happened was that they saw water flowing.
01:45We call it allowed leap.
01:47It's like the water is circulating.
01:51This is my sheet pile.
01:53The water is flowing here.
01:56It's been flowing for a long time.
01:58In a year, the land will slowly fall apart.
02:02Until we build this house.
02:06In the description billboard of the Department of Public Works and Highways or DPWH,
02:11February 2023, the project Flood Management Program Rehabilitation of Flood Mitigation Facilities in Major River Basins started.
02:20It is 100% completed as of October 2023.
02:24It is worth P91,626,654.28.
02:33In front of the reception, DPWH and Pampanga First District set up a slope protection in Barangay Kabating
02:41to protect the residents and the barangay itself from flooding.
02:45For the needs of the barangay, like this, residents and their families need to be protected.
02:50That is the sole purpose of our flood control projects here.
02:55The agency explained that the materials they used are good and durable.
03:00They do not expect a whirlpool to break into their project.
03:05When a whirlpool breaks in, it will have a swirling effect.
03:10There are a lot of factors that we don't know what's underneath.
03:14DPWH insisted that what happened was not a flood, but a settlement.
03:20We know that when the land is wet, it softens.
03:24The materials that we used, like Tyre and Dead Man,
03:27can no longer withstand the softness of the land.
03:31It is more brittle when it collapses or there is a settlement.
03:37Later, the contractor of the said project faced a whirlpool.
03:41We started here last year.
03:44The NTP awarded us in February.
03:49It ended in July last year, 2023.
03:54How many months did it take?
03:56Almost five months.
03:58What kind of materials did you use?
04:04Sheet pile and roll.
04:06Engineer PeƱa insisted that the materials used for the said project are good.
04:10Are these sheet piles really used for the floodway project?
04:15Yes. That is the design.
04:17When asked if there is enough study before the project is built,
04:21Engineer PeƱa replied,
04:23It's okay. We just erode it.
04:25It's just eroded because when the water flows into the Pampanga River,
04:30it rises. It erodes little by little.
04:33That's why we put a sheet pile to stop the erosion.
04:37This whirlpool that is the cause of the settlement,
04:42did we see it before?
04:45No, because the water level is low.
04:50According to an engineering expert,
04:53the study should have been more thorough before the project was laid.
04:58Engineer, it's called settlement, not erosion.
05:01What can you say about this?
05:03Yes, settlement. We can call it settlement.
05:06It's on the side of the houses.
05:08That's what it means.
05:10As we can see, it rose towards the side of the river.
05:16The weight and strength of the slope protection system they are using is not enough.
05:22According to the contractor of the project, Engineer,
05:25they did not see the small nature or the movement of the Pampanga River
05:30on the side of the project that we are talking about.
05:33Is that okay?
05:34In the early stages of the design,
05:37you can also assume or predict the events like that.
05:44It should have been a different approach and different design.
05:48If this study goes through different types of examination,
05:52will that happen?
05:53I can say that there are shortcomings in the engineering studies
05:58from the design phase up to the implementation.
06:03First of all, this project was planned to save the lives of our Filipinos.
06:10Second, a lot of money is coming from the people.
06:15It is being invested and spent for our project.
06:19So the people should be the ones to take care of it.
06:25According to the DPWH, the project is under warranty.
06:29The total amount of our project is P91,600,000.
06:34But under warranty, the contractor is willing to repair or any damages that we need to do here.
06:42And he will do it in his own expense.
06:44The company of Engineer PeƱa promised.
06:47We talked to the DPWH in District 1.
06:50We will still do it because it is under warranty.
06:52Restoration and completion of damage to the project is our case.
06:58Residents called the authorities.
07:00I hope their work will be okay for our safety.
07:05I hope our house won't move because the children grew up here.
07:12For Grace, she won't build a house near the scene of the incident.
07:17I don't think so.
07:18We will just look for a small piece of land because I'm afraid to build a house in a situation like this.
07:27They will also study if they need to repair the entire house or the 30-meter house that was affected.
07:33With the help of our fellow residents here in the barangay,
07:37we already have palliative measures, especially the sandbagging to protect the residents here,
07:43especially the affected portions.
07:45We will change our design because the seepage that we saw,
07:50it should be removed.
07:51It should not be contained in the area and our bank should not be saturated again.
07:57Actually, we are already sandbagging.
07:59We are just waiting for the design to be done.
08:03This project came from the voice of the people.
08:06That's why it's important to know that every cent spent is for the safety and well-being of the residents.
08:14Together with the residents,
08:15we hope that R-Recibo will fulfill the promises of the project.
08:20Ma'am and Sir, we will keep an eye on this.
08:25Ma'am!
08:27Oh my God! She has a child!