The village was flooded in the 1970s and a reservoir was constructed which powers a hydro-station and offers water to farmers, but now remnants of the sunken town have re-emerged
PHILIPPINES (AFP) – A centuries-old settlement submerged by the construction of a dam in the northern Philippines in the 1970s has reappeared as water levels drop due to a drought affecting swathes of the country. The ruins in the middle of Pantabangan Dam in Nueva Ecija province are a tourist draw, even as the region […]
Published1. May 2024, 13:45Philippines: A drought-stricken city will reappearIn the 1970s, Pandabangan in the Philippines had to make way for a dam and