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Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas says the flooding and landslides weren’t brought on by quarrying however by the unprecedented quantity of rains for 3 consecutive days
BATANGAS – A number of villages stay remoted 3 days after the onslaught of Extreme Tropical Storm Kristine that killed 54 people and displaced over 27,000 households within the province of Batangas.
In a press briefing Sunday afternoon, Batangas Governor Hermilando Mandanas harassed that the flooding and landslides weren’t brought on by quarrying however by the unprecedented quantity of rains for 3 consecutive days.
“Sa kadamihan lamang ng tubig, bumigat ang lupa at bumagsak. Pero napansin ninyo lahat ng mga apektadong lugar ay nakapaligid sa lawa ng Taal. Ang lawa ng Taal tumaas ng isang metro. Ang tunay na dahilan nito, ang nilalabasan ng tubig ng Taal, ang Pansipit River, yan ay nabarahan nung pumutok ang bulkan, 2020 pa. Hanggang ngayon hindi pa nade-dredge,” he mentioned.
Mandanas publicly criticized the Division of Setting and Pure Sources (DENR) for failing to dredge the Pansipit River, a state of affairs he says considerably contributed to the extreme flooding particularly within the cities of Lemery, Agoncillo and Taal.
“Ang lalawigan ginagawa ang ating kaya doon pero hindi kami makaayos kaagad dahil ang namamahala niyan, ayon sa batas, ang might pananagutan talaga diyan ay ang ating Division of Setting and Pure Sources…Kapag gagawa ng college o gagawa ng kalye, kailangan kami humingi ng permiso, at kailangan pa magbayad. ‘Yon nasabihan ko na, madali naman baguhin yung space lined, ay hindi makuha eh,” he lamented.
Mandanas is referring to Republic Act 11038 or the Expanded Nationwide Built-in Protected Areas System (ENIPAS) Act of 2018 which recognized 94 protected areas as nationwide parks putting them underneath the management and supervision of the Division of Setting and Pure Sources (DENR). Among the many 94 areas is the Taal Volcano Protected Panorama, which covers an space of 62,292.16 hectares, equal to twenty% of all the Batangas province land space.
He emphasised that broken brought on by the large flooding might have been mitigated if the river had been cleared earlier than the storm.
“Hindi babaha ang Lemery na kapares ng pagbaha ngayon, talagang sobrang baha, at bahagi ng Taal at Agoncillo. Yan ang katotohanan,” he harassed.
In 2021, Mandanas additionally expressed frustration as a result of difficulties they encountered in managing localities contained in the protected space whereas coping with the pressing state of affairs of the Taal volcano eruption.
Based mostly on the newest information supplied by the PDRRMO, over 4,000 homes have been broken in all the province. Other than offering humanitarian assist and provides, the provincial authorities is now monitoring attainable outbreaks of dengue, leptospirosis, respiratory diseases, and psychological well being points amongst evacuees. – Rappler.com
