Manila
Bay’s clean up drive has been upgraded.
The Department
of Public Works and Highways’ (DPWH) officially started its desilting operations
this week, an estimated 225,000 cubic meters of silt will be removed over the
approximately 1.5-kilometer stretch of Manila Bay from the Manila Yacht Club
breakwater to the United States Embassy in Manila.
Heavy
equipments used by the DPWH are composed of amphibious excavators, dumping
scows, dump trucks, debris segregator, street sweepers, and vacuum sewer jet
cleaners all of which are deployed in strategic places to maximixe the
cleaning-up operations.
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| Dredging operations conducted in Manila Bay (photo credit to owner) |
“This event marks the full-blast dredging within this
critical section of Manila Bay. Our Bureau of Equipment (BOE), Regional and
District Engineering Offices in Metro Manila have deployed a total of 28
equipment, and 50 personnel to operate 16 hours a day, six days a week,” he
said during the launching of the activity in Manila.
“Excavation will be the major mechanism for the removal of
the accumulated pollutants in Manila Bay. Through our hardworking crew and
equipment fleet, we aim to desilt within 150 meters from the shoreline of
Manila Bay,” Villar added.
DPWH expects to dredge 600 cubic meters of silt a day.
DPWH-BOE Director Toribio Noel Ilao said implementation of
desilting activities will be divided into five sectors, each ranging from 200
to 300-meter long, until the entire 1.5-kilometer is finished. Each sector will
be desilted approximately within 90 to 120 days.
DPWH are working with coordination with the Department of
Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), to
ensure targets are achieved and can determine adjustments during the desilting
operations will regularly monitor Manila Bay using bathymetric or depth measurement
survey, water quality test, and ocular inspection.
Other government agencies like the DPWH National Capital
Region (NCR), its District Engineering Offices and in coordination with DENR,
Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and PCG, will aside from
dredging activities in Manila Bay will also conduct clean-up and declogging of
tributaries and drainage canals in the city.
“We are working harmoniously with the DENR, the MMDA, other
mandamus agencies and local government units for a holistic approach in
cleaning Manila Bay. These tributaries or esteros and drainage pipes need to be
cleaned and unclogged, as trash from these areas will eventually make their way
to Manila Bay,” Villar added
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