DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu and Task Force Build Back Better co-chair Roy A. Cimatu emphasized that this is a short-term option “while medium- and long-term solutions for the flooding in Cagayan Valley are still underway.’’
The DPWH reported that the three sandbars have a total estimated volume of seven million cubic meters, covering 235 hectares of sandbars. Cimatu explained the TFBBB is tapping the resources of other national agencies to fast track the removal of the three sandbars, which the DPWH estimates to be completed after a year.
“This is another showcase of whole-of-government approach,” Cimatu said, stressing that the strategy “will drastically reduce the flooding problem in Cagayan Valley,” Cimatu said.
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