The Philippines Department Of Environment And Natural Resources (DENR) has been busy lately working on a massive dredging project in the Cagayan River.
The Task Force Build Back Better (TFBBB) is stepping up the rehabilitation of the Cagayan River with the removal of huge sandbar that formed a mini island within the country’s largest river. Environment Secretary and TFBBB Chairman Roy A. Cimatu is hopeful of completing the dredging of the “mega” island…
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THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said Tuesday that it hopes to reduce flooding during the next rainy season via the dredging of the Cagayan River, with operations to initially focus on three sandbars in the north of Cagayan province.
“Within 100 days, we will be able to partially remove (the) sandbars… (around) Magapit.
Kung lalabas ka mga July,
makikita na natin ang resulta nito. Makikita natin na mabawasan na itong flooding dahil
nakabawas na tayo ng sandbars (You will be able to see results by July in the form of reduced flooding because the sandbars will be partly removed),” Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said in a speech Tuesday at the launch of the Cagayan River Restoration Project.