“MMDA to buy boats, CCTV cameras for rainy season”

(HEADLINE: MMDA To Buy Boats, CCTV Cameras for Rainy Season. And just recently news showing various equipment for rescue operation was paraded.)

This just shows how our government thinks and prepares solutions to the problem of our country.

Our government programs and/or policies are focused toward spending (source of graft and corruption) to REMEDY AND/OR CURE THE SYMPTOMS/EFFECTS RATHER THAN STOP AND/OR CURE THE CAUSE.

Instead of spending for these reactive measures, why not spend on the design and development of a Metro Manila flood control structures and/or system that would PREVENT FLOOD.

The government should initiate and/or develop solutions that would have long term effect.

Metro Manila is provided by nature with natural waterways in and around it. All we have to do is rehabilitate these waterways. Develop a flood control system out of these natural waterways.

Sadly these natural water ways slowly or totally disappeared, like the creek which is now Fernando Street in barangay Pio del Pilar, Makati City.

And with regard to the development of existing natural water ways as integral part of a macro flood control system a good example will be the Medina Creek at Barangay Pio del Pilar, in Makati City.

Allegedly the city of Makati cannot do any rehabilitation of this creek because the responsibility is in the hands of the national government (bureaucracy!). And because of this bureaucracy, Pio del Pilar is flooded every time it rains.

During regular rains, flood in this area is chest deep.

MMDA could rehabilitate the Medina Creek bigger similar to Amorsolo Creek. Once MMDA has done this, I am confident Pio del Pilar will never be flooded.

And this could be done to other natural waterways within Metro Manila.

MMDA would only spend ONCE and CURE THE CAUSE rather than the effect;                                                                                            THUS, MMDA STOPS THE FLOOD INSTEAD OF FIGHTING THE FLOOD!

Posted: 08June2010, Philstar