MANILA, March 21 (PIA)--The Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (PRRC) on Thursday, March 21, led a massive cleaning and clearing operations at Estero de Magdalena in Tondo, Manila.
Estero de Magdalena, a tributary of the Pasig River system, has been the focus of the clearing, relocation, clean-up operations and public information campaigns of the PRRC due to the alarming volume of solid wastes clogging the said waterway.
From November 2015 to July 3, 2018, PRRC has already transferred 1,049 Informal Settler Families (ISFs) out of the target 2,015 to various relocation sites in Bulacan and Cavite in order to start the construction of the 17-million-peso Estero de Magdalena linear park development.
PRRC has been spearheading joint inter-agency massive clean-up drives to significantly improve the water quality of the waterway while rehabilitating its riverbanks.
Further, slope protection along the estero has already started as part of the linear park development.
However, despite the regular clean-up operations and development of the linear park, the PRRC received reports that an alarming volume of wastes recurred at Estero de Magdalena.
The occurrence delayed the Estero de Magdalena development projects of the PRRC such as the widening of the river, bank improvement, dredging and linear park development that is why PRRC Executive Director Jose Antonio E. Goitia ordered to fast-track the cleaning and clearing operations at Estero de Magdalena.
The PRRC Chief also emphasized the duties and responsibilities of respective barangay officials toward the solid waste management in their barangays as well as the sanctions awaiting them for neglect of duty. (PIA InfoComm)
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