A baranggay worker just bored a hole into the concrete pavement to check an underground drainage canal. The market place drainage cleanup started just a few days ago.
By ALFREDO P
HERNANDEZ
THE drainage
system at Baranggay Poblacion South in Mambulao, CamNorte, is getting a new
lease of life.
The canal
rehab exercise took off a few days ago, starting around the marketsite, with
the underground drainage being cleared of rubbish and other debris.
Baranggay
chief Leday P Aler told MWBuzz the cleanup was among the many concerns that
reached her desk when she assumed office recently.
“Napabayaan lang
po noon… so we have to work on it to prevent flooding in the area during heavy
rains,” she said.
She said they
have to dug up certain portion of the road within the market place to reach the
underground drainage and have them
unclogged.
The next in
line are the baranggay’s waterways and creeks that end at the Mambulao Bay
nearby.
She noticed
that much of the market place rubbish ends up in those waterways.
“We have to
clear them too, to enhance the flow of water towards the sea when it rains,”
Aler said.
She will
shortly talk to the market vendors to consistently look after their rubbish as
they attract flies that could spread diseases.
South
Poblacion is home to the town’s market place and various business
establishments.
Email the
writer: ahernandez@thenational.com.pg
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