{"id":54994,"date":"2015-07-09T17:05:59","date_gmt":"2015-07-09T09:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=54994"},"modified":"2015-07-09T17:05:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T09:05:59","slug":"chiz-wants-to-increase-mmda-flood-control-funds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/09\/chiz-wants-to-increase-mmda-flood-control-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Chiz wants to increase MMDA flood control funds"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A woman wades her way on Imelda avenue circa Sept 2009 in the Philippines. Typhoon Ondoy left hundreds of thousand families displaced and killed hundreds of people. (Timothy Medrano \/ Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA — Senator Francis Chiz Escudero wants to increase the funding for flood control projects under the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA).<\/p>\n

Escudero said MMDA was only given\u00a0P276 million\u00a0for flood control and sewerage management for this year.<\/p>\n

The senator, who is also the chair of the Senate committee on finance said that the amount is “clearly not enough” for Metro Manila citing its size of\u00a063,000 hectares.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am of the position that the national government\u2019s subsidy to MMDA, insofar as flood control is concerned, should be increased,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Escudero also said that flood control is also the responsibility of the national government.<\/p>\n

\u201cHindi lang trabaho ng MMDA \u2018yan, pero ng pambansang pamahalaan din.”<\/p>\n

He added that he wants to know whether the MMDA will be able to fulfill its promise of reducing the number of flood prone areas in Metro Manila.<\/p>\n

Escudero said the MMDA promised to reduce it by 10 percent this year.<\/p>\n

“The MMDA has promised that it will work for a 10-percent reduction of flooded areas or from, 4,570 to 4,105 hectares for a rainfall intensity of less than 40 millimeters per hour and that floodwaters in areas under its jurisdiction will subside 40 minutes to one hour after a downpour measuring less than 40 millimeters per hour,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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