MMDA at DPWH, gumagawa na ng hakbang para matugunan ang pagbaha sa Metro Manila
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00:00 The legend of MMDA and DPWH in the rainy season,
00:06 that's the surprise of Bernard Ferrer.
00:08 Francis is ready to go in the rain.
00:12 The Spanish Boulevard in Manila is flooded heavily,
00:15 where his school is located.
00:18 He can say that he's used to it,
00:20 that whenever it rains, he can't avoid going in the rain.
00:23 My preparation for me is to bring slippers, to bring boots,
00:29 because the US is really known for floods there.
00:32 He's also preparing the route,
00:34 especially if it's hard to ride to school.
00:39 Ray is also preparing the possible diseases he might get in the rain.
00:43 Our suggestion is, right after going home,
00:46 clean up immediately, and if you have an open wound, don't go in.
00:50 So he's calling for the school to be suspended early
00:53 so that they won't go in the flood.
00:55 The government's agencies have promised to work together
00:59 to address the problem of flooding in Metro Manila.
01:02 According to MMDA Acting Chairman Don Artes,
01:05 the Spanish Boulevard will be reduced in order to fix the drainage in the area.
01:11 Three pumping stations were built to address the flooding
01:15 in the TAP Avenue, UN Avenue, and near Manila.
01:19 The floodgates of the sewerage treatment plant in Manila Bay
01:23 are being built to make the water flow faster.
01:26 DPWH plans to build four pumping stations in Tatalon,
01:30 Doña Imelda, and two in Rojas District
01:33 to address the flooding in Araneta Avenue in Quezon City.
01:38 Aside from this, the construction of a detention pond
01:42 inside Camp Aguinaldo in Quezon City is also being planned.
01:44 For now, the 71 pumping stations of MMDA are fully operational,
01:49 of which 36 were upgraded under the Metro Manila Flood Management Project.
01:55 Bernard Fener, for Pambansang TV in Bagong, Philippines.