Flood control project sa Nueva Ecija, gumuho ang isang bahagi dahil sa bagyo | Reporter's Notebook - video Dailymotion

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Aired (November 30, 2024): Sinimulan ang proyekto noong 2020 pero apat na taon lang ang nakalipas, gumuho rin ang isang bahagi ng flood control project habang nananalasa ang bagyong Pepito. Nagastos ba nang tama ang pondo?    NASAAN ANG PERA? #ReportersNotebook

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00:00In the town of Likab, Nueva Ecija, a flood control project was built by DPWH.

00:11Likab is considered a catch basin in Nueva Ecija.

00:15But a part of the flood control project

00:20was destroyed by a typhoon.

00:23In a document obtained by a reporter's notebook from DPWH,

00:28the project started in February.

00:30It ended in June 2020.

00:33It's worth more than 47 million pesos.

00:38This was obtained by the residents of Likab, Nueva Ecija.

00:43You can see here the impact of the Super Typhoon Pipito.

00:46You can see here the impact of the Super Typhoon Pipito.

00:49You can see here the impact of the Super Typhoon Pipito.

00:53The water from that river came here.

00:57It came directly to our crops like eggplant, vegetables, corn, and rice.

01:05The crops of the farmer, Mr. Jose Padrones, were destroyed by the flood.

01:12We didn't expect the flood to come to our area.

01:19What we were afraid of was the typhoon.

01:22In the early hours of the morning,

01:26the water came to our fields.

01:34After a while, our fields were saved.

01:39In August, our fields were washed out.

01:47This is the only crop left.

01:51There are only a few trees left.

01:54It won't be good anymore.

01:56Mr. Jose is now worried about how he can repay the loan of more than 50,000 pesos.

02:04We spent a lot of money on this.

02:09Now, everything is destroyed.

02:12Why was the project destroyed just four years ago?

02:17First of all, the rainfall or water runoff from the Talavera River is high.

02:29We were not able to put a sheet pile in the DPWH for our slope protection.

02:37We didn't expect the water flow to be high.

02:44The rainfall caused the damage.

02:48We have already requested funds for this.

02:52We are waiting for the funds to be released so that we can rehabilitate the dike.

02:59Secretary, we cannot avoid thinking about the affected communities.

03:05If these projects are substandard, if there is a problem with the quality,

03:12if the work is not done properly, how would you address that, Secretary?

03:16We are saying that the design parameters were low to cope up with the climate change phenomenon.

03:26If we rehabilitate now, it will be stronger and we will use new design standards.

03:37According to the DPWH, more than 5,500 flood control projects were completed from 2022 to 2024.

03:47The total funds spent on those projects reached more than Php 268 billion.

03:54The region 3 or Central Luzon has the most projects where more than 800 projects were built.

04:01More than 600 flood control projects were built in the National Capital Region or NCR.

04:08More than 600 in Region 1 or Ilocos Region.

04:12More than 400 projects in Region 2 or Cagayan Valley.

04:16Region 4A or Calabar Zone and Region 8 or Eastern Visayas.

04:20And more than 300 in Region 5 or Bicol Region.

04:30Reporters also visited some flood control projects in NCR,

04:36like the one here in Binondo, Manila.

04:41We were able to reach the two parts of the flood mitigation facility in Estero de Binondo.

04:49This is where the garbage from the waterways will be collected to avoid flooding.

04:57Despite the thousands of flood control projects,

05:01the number of floods in Region 3, NCR, and Bicol Region has been increasing in the past few months.

05:09Flood control projects are still a viable option.

05:13It's high time that we also think of other options.

05:16We have to understand also that engineering intervention is just one of the solutions to mitigate flooding.

05:24I think we should help each other to solve our flooding problems.

05:32Environmental issues, urban areas, land use, and...

05:40The water level is really high.

05:43President Bongbong Marcos was also asked why despite the billion-peso flood control projects,

05:51the number of floods in the country is still increasing.

05:54Look at the statistics.

05:56In Baguio-Undoy, the water level dropped 400 plus centimeters.

06:02Here in Cristin, the water level dropped about 700 plus centimeters,

06:08almost twice that of Undoy.

06:10That's why the flood control projects were made for flood-affected areas such as Undoy.

06:15Times have really changed.

06:17Just this November 6, the Senate passed a fund for flood control projects

06:24that amounted to more than 500 billion pesos within three years.

06:29The budget of our government for flood control alone,

06:33including DPWH, MMDA, Climate Change Commission, DENR, etc.,

06:39amounts to Php1,444,000,000 a day.

06:44So we want to check and find out where this is going.

06:52How can we change this?

06:55How can we change this?

06:57Times are getting worse.

06:59The floods are getting worse.

07:01How can we prepare for such scenarios?

07:04We have to review the fundamentals on engineering designs.

07:10Maybe we will add our parameters

07:14to make our projects more resilient for the climate change phenomenon.

07:22If we have a 25-30-year return period,

07:28maybe we will have a 50-year return period.

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