We get alarmed by this unusually high flood water level. And yet we continue unabatedly, reclamation projects or residents along the river banks getting titles to accretion (deposition of sediments along river banks, sometimes illegally. And this has been tolerated
Rivers are in need of dredging because channels have become narrow because of siltation from erosion, lack of trees to stop water flow, development. LGUs also construct along river banks further narrowing river channels.
We should not interfere with the rivers. Sometimes we backfill creeks and construct on the backfill. When floods come, nature reclaims the creek.
