Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary Roy Cimatu mentioned this during his keynote speech at the event in Lal-lo, Cagayan.
“Aabutin ito ng taon , several years probably that we will be able to dregde the river. Pero within 100 days, that’s about three and a half months, we would be able to partially remove the sandbars,” he said. The Department of Public Works and Highways earlier identified a total of 19 sandbars, but immediate dredging was recommended for the three sandbars that were significantly hindering the flow of flood water to the Aparri Delta draining to the Babuyan Channel.
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