LGU Naga is calling on communities in the cityβs 27 barangays to actively participate in efforts to keep their surroundings clean to prevent prolonged flooding of streets and major roads during the rainy season.
Mayor Leni Robredo stressed that community participation is crucial to the cityβs campaign for a cleaner Naga, noting that the initiative is expected to result in de-clogged waterways, one of the key factors in mitigating floods.
The city mayor made the statement during her program βOras ni Mayor,β which airs every Saturday over DWIZ.
According to Robredo, one of the primary causes of flooding in the city is the clogging of waterways in barangays, largely due to discarded plastic waste and other types of garbage.
On the part of the city government, the mayor said that nearly a year has been spent conducting studies and analyses to determine the root causes of flooding in various parts of the city. In addition, the city continues to assess areas that have been identified as flood-prone, especially during heavy rains.
She further explained that aside from encouraging residents to take part in maintaining cleanliness, the city also needs to implement measures to relocate families living near waterways to ensure that these waterways are not used as dumping areas for solid waste.
βThis initiative is already being undertaken through the Housing and Settlements Development Office (HSDO) to help ensure that families to be relocated will have decent shelter, while preventing garbage dumping in waterways that contributes to the flooding problem,β Robredo said. I via Jason Neola
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This is really very crucial to maintain cleanliness in our own premises (tungod ko linig ko) but their are families who do not participate thats why there is a need to assign person in every barangay to closely monitor every household in their barangay to ensure their participation until such time when all households could already do their responsibilities regularly. They should perhaps do some strategy (like fines or community service or no benefits to be avail) to ensure full participation of all families/household.