San Miguel Corporation’s pledge of P1- Billion for
the dredging and expanding of the Tullahan River system will not only give the
Manila Bay rehabilitation project a major boost, it will also help solve
flooding in Bulacan ahead of plans to build the country’s largest and most
modern airport in the province.
Dubbed as Tullahan-Tinajeros River system dredging
project, it was launched by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources
and SMC with local executives of Navotas, Malabon, Valenzuela and Bulacan, at
the Navotas Centennial Park in Navotas City, where the 36.4 km Tullahan
River drains into the Manila Bay.
SMC COO Ramon Ang has described Tullahan River as a
spillway from Angat and Ipo dams that is supposed to drain excess water into
the Manila Bay.
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| The Department of Environment and Natural Resources and San Miguel Corp. formally launched Monday the Tullahan-Tinajeros River system dredging project. DENR Secretary Roy Cimatu (4th from left) and SMC president and COO Ramon Ang (3rd from left) inspect the new equipment in Navotas with (from left) SMC VP and special assistant to the president Col. Ariel Querubin, DILG Usec. Epimaco Densing, Navotas Mayor Tobias Tiangco, Malabon Mayor Antolin Oreta, MMDA chair Danilo Lim, and Bulacan Governor Daniel Fernando. (Philstar) |
Pollution, build up of garbage, silt, and illegal
structures over the many decades, has turned the river to become clogged,
shallow, and narrow.
This is the main reason when its rainy season, low
lying areas near the river particularly Bulacan province, becomes flooded.
“This project is a dredging and
expansion initiative to address the problems of the Tullahan River,” Ang said.
“First, we will take out the garbage, and then we will deepen the river so
water can move more freely to the Manila Bay.”
Keeping the Tullahan River garbage
and pollution-free, Ang said, is critical to ensuring that the DENR’s efforts
to rehabilitate the Manila Bay under Secretary Roy Cimatu, will be a success.
It will also help ensure that
flooding will no longer occur in low-lying areas such as Bulacan.
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