HUWAAAT - No more flashfloods in Metro Manila

**artpogi** · June 10th, 2005 11:17 AM

No more flash floods in Metro, says Palace
By Aurea Calica
The Philippine Star 06/10/2005

Malacañang assured the public yesterday that flash floods in Metro Manila would be a thing of the past even with the onset of the rainy season.

In a statement, the Palace said the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority told President Arroyo during her visit yesterday to the Tripa de Gallina pumping station located at the boundary of Pasay and Parañaque that dredging and de-clogging had been made to ensure there would be no more flooding.

The President’s inspection of the dredging and de-clogging operations of waterways and canals is part of her efforts to make sure that the mitigation or prevention of flooding in Metro Manila’s streets is being religiously undertaken by the MMDA.

MMDA Chairman Bayani Fernando said that his agency’s dredging and de-clogging efforts, which had been operating 24 hours a day, were able to clean 90 percent of Metro Manila’s waterways and canals.

"So (the incidence of) flash floods will be minimal," Fernando said.

Accompanying the President during her inspection were local officials, led by Pasay City Mayor Wenceslao Trinidad, Pasay City Rep. Consuelo Dy, Parañaque Mayor Florencio Bernabe, Jr., Parañaque Reps. Eduardo Zialcita and Roilo Golez, Fernando and Manila International Airport Authority (MIAA) General Manager Alfonso Cusi.

The Tripa de Gallina pumping station forms part of the MMDA’s Pumping Stations and Floodgates Operations System designed to drain floodwater in the low lying areas of the cities of Manila, Pasay and Makati into the Manila Bay through the Parañaque river.

Its construction started in 1976 under a loan agreement between the Overseas Economic Cooperation Fund (OECF) and the government of Japan.

Hello!

ano kaya sinisinghot ng mga taga gobyerno natin? have they been to Pasong Tamo when there was a sudden downpour several weeks ago?

Geez, Yung kanto ng Dela Rosa and Pasong Tamo inayos nila noon, nung nag-uulan bumabaha pa din, mas matagal pa humupa yung tubig nung naayos na compared noon.

**mrpink** · June 10th, 2005 11:25 AM

hindi naman raw kasi flash flood .. slow flood ..

**mantoy** · June 10th, 2005 11:25 AM

have they been to edsa approaching santolan flyover northbound last saturday night? knee-deep ang baha. all veheicles were at standstill. after 2 hrs yata bago nag-subside yung tubig. puro media mileage na naman hanap ng gobyerno natin. buwiseet!!

**ILuvDetailing** · June 10th, 2005 11:29 AM

:lol: magaling talaga magpatawa ang malacanang...

**mazdamazda** · June 10th, 2005 11:37 AM

Originally Posted by artpogi

ano kaya sinisinghot ng mga taga gobyerno natin? have they been to Pasong Tamo when there was a sudden downpour several weeks ago?

several weeks ago? anong date nung newspaper article? june 10...

Originally Posted by mantoy

have they been to edsa approaching santolan flyover northbound last saturday night?

as said in the report...

The Tripa de Gallina pumping station forms part of the MMDA’s Pumping Stations and Floodgates Operations System designed to drain floodwater in the low lying areas of the cities of Manila, Pasay and Makati into the Manila Bay through the Parañaque river.

Manila, Pasay & Makati... Santolan is in QC right?

**chieffy** · June 10th, 2005 11:44 AM

sana di na lang nagsalita ang malacanang

pero pagdating sa linisan ng estero at mga kanal bilib pa rin ako sa pamumuno ni Bayani...di ko yata nakita ang mga gawaing iyon sa pamumuno ng ibang naging MMDA Chairman...

**baurtwellXUV** · June 10th, 2005 11:47 AM

Originally Posted by chieffy

sana di na lang nagsalita ang malacanang

pero pagdating sa linisan ng estero at mga kanal bilib pa rin ako sa pamumuno ni Bayani...di ko yata nakita ang mga gawaing iyon sa pamumuno ng ibang naging MMDA Chairman...

i agree... papogi lang ang gngawa nila pero puro kasinungalingan lang ang sinasabi nila sa taong bayan...

lalo na sa manila sity hall. lalo na knina papsok ng work. sobrang traffc. yun pala baha... nalate pa tuloy ako sa work!

**artpogi** · June 10th, 2005 11:51 AM

mazda2x

about a couple of weeks ago, pero matagal ng ayos yung area na yun ng Pasong Tamo and it still flood easily during short-heavy downpours long after they've finished the rehabilitation of the drainage in that area, which is what last year pa?

Palace (Malacanang) people should get down from their high-horses before making those type of statements, most of the time they can't distinguish reality from the jackshit reports submitted by their people from government agencies responsible for these flood-prevention projects.

**mazdamazda** · June 10th, 2005 11:56 AM

sorry... pasaway lang ako. hehe.

nung dumaan kasi ako ng Dimasalang during the heavy downpour... may nakita akong tubig. pero mababaw lang (a few inches only). medyo may improvement naman ng konti. hehe.

**ILuvDetailing** · June 10th, 2005 12:00 PM

nagpapabanggo nanaman ang malacanang... pati etong issue na to pinatulan.

Last week pumunta ako sa Raon, aba may isang part dun na baha, altho ankle deep lang but imagine kung buong gabi umulan, imagine kung gaano kataas ang baha na aabutin, and imagine kung anong mga sakit ang pwede mong makuha...