President Ferdinand Marcos Jr recently, after the floods last week, ordered the review of flood control projects as they many no longer be appropriate.
With due respect to the President, may this post humbly point out why there are floods:
1. There was too much garbage clogging the waterways, and were clogged --->> we must implore our people to dispose waste properly, enforce no littering, proper solid waste disposal
2. The Manggahan floodway is heavily silted, the Laguna lake is silted. --->> dredging projects needed
3. There are too many settlers in low lying areas and river banks --->> relocate them. Building officials must enforce danger zones construction ban.
4. Denuded forest around Marikina watershed - ---> tree planting projects by schools and military
5. River bank projects and accretion Eg. Pasig river was like a sea before 200- 300 meters wide before. What remains of Pasig river. LGUs love river bank projects which narrows the water ways. ---> reclaim rivers from LGU and private indidvisuals
There were subdivision developers that backfilled creeks and or made creeks narroweer vs Ortigas or Ayala which widens creeks and dig them deeper.
6. Too many reclamation projects were permitted at Manila Bay and Laguna Lake - stop and or cancel titles granted to those who undertook the reclamation projects.
7. There was a deluge. Too much rainfall. Even countries in Europe, South America, China had floods because simply there was too much rain
The problems are clear and equally the solutions should be too.
New projects, new.......hahaha....
