The Senate is considering to slash by more than half the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission’s P261.2-million 2020 budget so it could focus on cleaning up the Pasig River.The Senate finance subcommittee B on Friday discussed the PRRC’s proposed budget for next year wherein Senator Cynthia Villar, finance committee vice-chair, decided to remove the P9.2 million allocated to the commission for ‘housing and resettlement.
Tolentino, who chairs the Senate committee on housing, urban development, and resettlement, earlier called for the consolidation of housing funds lodged in various agencies to the DHSUD’s 2020 budget. “I propose you relieve them of the responsibility of having a housing component kung di naman nila kaya at di nila dapat gawin ,” he appealed, saying the PRRC’s mandate is to clean the Pasig River.
Aside from the P9.2 million housing funds, Villar also moved for the deletion of the P136.3-million allocation for the “design/riverbanks development and flood control program” of the PRRC.This way, Villar said the PRRC will focus on its public information, advocacy and tourism program, and more importantly, rehabilitating the Pasig River.Villar has requested for a meeting with PRRC officials to specify its programs for rehabilitating the Pasig River.
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