We can only cry and pity the poor Bicolanos inundated by flood by rain brough by typhoon Cristine. And the irony of it all is that the budget for flood control in the 2024 budtet is P255 billion. Where did the money go? Were the projects implemented? Or improperly done
And the irony of it all is that the chairman of the appropiations committee is from Bicol. The Senate President is from Bicol.
And the past chair of ways and means committee were from Bicol and we hear about the heavily funded Bicol River Basin project.
Some Engineers posited that the terrain will lead to the flood. The 94 km Bicol river coming from as far as Ragay meets the Naga River and when there is high tide all the water meets the flood water at Naga City. That is catastrophic.
Typhoon Kristine was an act of God. But let us see acts of men mitigate this. We could have done better with flood control.
