Mandaue City wants to continue with flood control projects

With this, the city plans to file an appeal for consideration to the Department of Interior and Local Government , which issued memorandum circular no. 2020-068 last April 2, 2020, directing all Local Government Units to postpone all demolition and eviction operations during the enhanced community quarantine and state of national emergency.

“I’m requesting, nagprocess nami ron sa amoang appeal for consideration,” said Tony Pet Juanico, head of the city’s Housing and Urban Development Office .it will pave the way for the Department of Public Works and Highways to continue with flood control projects such as building retaining walls and dredging to deepen and widen the rivers.

Flooding has become a problem again lately due to heavy downpour brought about by weather disturbances.Lawyer John Eddu Ibañez, executive secretary of Mayor Jonas Cortes, said that the city will check first on the situation of the settlers before implementing any“Because of the pandemic, it’s hard to force them to leave. We also pity them because they won’t have a place to live in. So we have to weight it out because it will also be hard not to go through with the flood control projects.

As of now, the barangay captains of the barangays along the rivers were tasked to create a task force to monitor their respective danger zones or flood-prone areas.

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