QUEZON CITY, June 03 (PIA)--To minimize flash floods this rainy season, the Quezon City government has stepped up declogging of the city’s waterways, especially rivers, creeks and big canals.
City engineer Joselito Cabungcal led the conduct of a a massive clean-up drive in the city’s more than 20 waterways, a program which started as early as April 2016.
To date, the clean-up drive along rivers, creeks and big canals in the six districts of QC is almost 90 percent done, according to Cabungcal.
The city engineering department also undertook massive drainage declogging operations along major city streets such as Manga in Barangay Katipunan and Barangay San Antonio, Baler and Sison Drive in Barangay Bungad; West Riverside in Barangay Del Monte; Calamba in Barangay Salvacion and Barangay San Isidro; Pag-Asa, Gen. Mascardo and Gen. Macabulos, all in Barangay Bagong Silangan; De Gloria in Barangay Batasan Hills, Ideal Subdivision in Barangay Commonwealth; Aurora Boulevard in Barangay Silangan and Manga, Calderon, Malong and Aguinaldo, all in Barangay Marilag; Jasmin, Asucena, Waling Waling in Barangay Roxas, 3rd Avenue and Mariposa in Barangay Bagong Lipunan ng Crame; Horseshoe in Barangay Horseshoe and Barangay Valencia; Lantana in Barangay Immaculate Concepcion; Jordan Plains I and III, Villa Verde in Barangay Sta. Monica; Cenacle Drive in Barangay Culiat, Heminihilda in Barangay Pasong Tamo; Cypress in Barangay Tandang Sora; Mozart in Barangay Sauyo; and Piko in Barangay Talipapa.
Among the creeks already declogged of water debris are Katipunan/ San Antonio Creek, Baler Creek, West Riverside Creek, Sapang Malamok, Gen. Mascardo Creek, De Gloria Creek, Ideal Subdivision Creek, Buaya Creek, Supa Creek, Quince Creek, Asucena /Waling-Waling Creek, Bagong Lipunan ng Crame Creek, Horseshoe/Valencia Creek, Immacualate Concepcion Creek, Jordan Plains Creek, Villa Verde Creek, Crossing Cenacle Drive, Crossing Herminihilda, Crossing Cypress, Crossing Mozart and Crossing Piko.
Cabungcal added that the city engineering also set-up a monitoring system to immediately determine areas or streets that will be flooded once heavy rains pour.
The city government has also operationalized a drainage improvement plan to expand the capacity drainage networks going to Mariblo Creek, Matalahib Creek, Culiat River, San Francisco River, Tangue Creek, Balaba Creek, Bayan Creek, Katipunan Creek, Dario Creek, and Pasong Tamo Creek, all in District I.
In district II, the drainage improvement plan covers Tullahan river, which runs through North Fairview, Sta. Lucia, Sta. Monica, Gulod, Nagkaisang Nayon and San Bartolome.
The plan in district III will be implemented at Barangays East Kamias and Tagumpay, while in District IV, the area coverage will include Campupot creek going to San Juan river, Aurora Boulevard bridge and Lagarian creek. (QC PAISO/RJB/SDL/PIA-NCR)
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