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A congressional inquiry on the massive flooding that submerged parts of Metro Manila due to Carina -enhanced Habagat will be conducted next week, a House leader said Thursday.Manila lawmaker Rolan Valeriano, chairman of the House Committee on Metro Manila Development, said the Department of Public Works and Highways as well as the MMDA will have to explain why such tremendous flooding occurred despite programs in place."We should have been prepared for this. Always expect the worst.
, It is expected that the Committee members, whose areas were the ones devastated by Typhoon Carina, would actively participate to seek explanation from relevant government agencies on the hearing to be conducted on July 31, Wednesday," Valeriano said in a statement."We need to hear long-term plans of these agencies. What we need is to prevent this calamity from happening over and and over," Valeriano added.
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