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About 50,000 cubic meters of soil, sand, and silt is expected to be dredged from the river, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Mark Villar said.
The dredging began on February 17 and is expected to continue throughout the summer season.
“Two amphibious excavators are now operating to dredge heavily-silted portions of Marikina River. This operation will significantly help in preventing the events of flooding in Marikina City which is considered a catch basin of rainwater coming from upstream areas of San Mateo and Montalban, Rizal, and the cities of Antipolo and Quezon,” Villar said.
Wheel and crawler-type backhoes and trucks were also deployed to haul and transport the dredged volume to disposal sites.
‘The river will bleed red’: Indigenous Filipinos face down dam projects
by Karlston Lapniten on 26 February 2021
For more than five decades, Indigenous communities in the northern Philippines have pushed back against the planned construction of hydropower dams on the Chico River system.
The river is of great importance to Indigenous communities in the provinces of Kalinga and Mountain Province, who call it their “river of life” and have depended on it for generations.
The Upper Tabuk and Karayan dams have been proposed in some form or another since the 1970s, but are now backed by corporations created by Indigenous groups, causing divisions among communities.
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THE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) said Wednesday that dredging in three parts of the Marikina River identified as priority areas will be substantially complete by the end of April.
The dredging works are expected to improve the flow of the Marikina River and minimize the flooding risk after its waters rose during the typhoons that hit the country late last year.
The DPWH is helping the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) rehabilitate the Marikina River basin.
“By the end of April, we will see a significant accomplishment of this dredging activity in time, for the months of May and June, the time when typhoons usually start entering the country,” DPWH Engineer Jerry A. Fano said during the launch of the Marikina River Rehabilitation project Wednesday.