Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva on Friday disclosed that flood management packages will obtain a 17.8% enhance below the proposed 2024 nationwide funds even when flooding persists in a number of elements of the nation.
“Imagine, P182 billion this year. Next year, P215.6 billion. Nag-increase ang budget ng flood control ng 17.8 percent. Kahit sa harap ng pangulo, kaya kong sabihin na in the past four decades, past five or six administrations, di talaga nabubuo, walang pakinabang. Nasasayang ang salapi ng bayan,” Villanueva mentioned in an interview with reporters.
“Kung titignan mo, pinagsama sama mo ang budget ng flood control program ng pamahalaan napakalaki e…pag tiningnan mo nung mga nakaraang panahon, palpak talaga e,” he added.
The senator made these remarks as he highlighted the necessity for an built-in flood management plan within the nation which is able to join the drainage system in several localities in a bid to mitigate the issue of flooding.
According to Villanueva, even President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. was “very concerned” about the issue of flooding.
The president and the lawmakers tackled this drawback throughout their dinner final Wednesday at Malacanang Palace.
With the newest dialogue with the president, Villanueva mentioned the Senate is ready to research and conduct a listening to on the matter on August 9.
Among the problems that they may talk about within the listening to are the protocols in releasing waters from dams, the grasp plan for flood management in Central Luzon, and the potential for incorporating the built-in flood management grasp plan with the proposed Department of Water Resources, Villanueva mentioned.
In a separate interview, Senator JV Ejercito mentioned he’ll suggest to incorporate the waterways system and power services in his invoice which establishes a National Infrastructure Master Plan amid the issue of flooding within the nation.
He expressed hope that this shall be licensed as pressing by the president.
Earlier, Villanueva filed a decision searching for to research the “perennial” drawback of flooding in Metro Manila and different susceptible areas within the nation.
Meanwhile, Senate public works committee chairman Bong Revilla mentioned the panel will summon Public Works Secretary Manuel Bonoan and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority chairman Romando Artes to clarify the unresolved drawback of flooding.—LDF, GMA Integrated News
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