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FLOOD CONTROL. Undated photo shows the completed river wall protection along the Bislak River in Barangay Tamdagan, Vintar, Ilocos Norte. It has a total project cost of PHP80 million, district engineer Venus Torio said on Thursday, March 31, 2022. (Photo courtesy of the DPWH Region 1) LAOAG CITY - The rice granary of Vintar in Ilocos Norte is bent on reclaiming its title as the country's top rice producer with a multi-million flood control project that aims to re-channel the Bislak River and spare dikes and rice fields from further damage when it swells during a typhoon. Funded by the Department of Public Works and Highways worth PHP80 million under the General Appropriations Act of 2021, Ilocos Norte first district engineer Venus Torio said in an interview Thursday the 507.2-meter river wall protection in Barangay Tamdagan, Vintar, Ilocos Norte has been completed on March 15, 2022. "This will reduce the occurrence of flooding and provide a resilient guard against river overfl