“IPINAKITA PO namin ni Gov. Nanay kay [DPWH] Secretary Vince Dizon at mga opisyal ng National Irrigation Administration ang pinsala na tinamo ng Sto. Cristo Dam sa Lubao mula kahapon, Aug. 28.
“Sa kasagsagan ng malakas
na ulan, inanod ng rumaragasang tubig ang mga puno at putik mula sa kabundukan
ng Zambales mountain range, dahilan kung bakit nagbara at lumiko ang tubig na
tumangay ng apat na bahay sa kalapit na baryo. Ipapakumpuni po ang dam.
“Kakailangan din po na magtanim ng mga puno sa itaas. Nagpapasalamat po kami kay Secretary Vince sa agarang inspection na ni-request po ng ating governor.”
Thus, posted Vice Gov.
Dennis “Delta” Pineda on his social media page on Aug. 29, with corresponding
pictures of the inspection.
There is something uncanny about the vice governor’s post, some feeling of déjà vu with the photos, some recurrence in the same spot from only a year past.
DAM NOT IN DANGER
LUBAO, Pampanga – The
National Irrigation Administration Pampanga-Bataan Irrigation Management Office
has denied reports circulating in social media that the Sto. Cristo Dam in
Barangay Sta. Rita here is in danger of collapsing due to soil erosion. The
agency assured residents that it continues to monitor the dam for the
community’s safety.
On July 23, sandbagging
operations on an eroded slope protection were undertaken by NIA- PamBat IMO,
along with the DPWH 2nd District Engineering Office, Sta. Rita barangay
council, Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine National Police, and irrigators
association members. NIA-3 FB page
NANAY GOV STRESSES
SENSE OF URGENCY IN DIKE ROAD REPAIR
LUBAO, Pampanga --
“Tingnan mo naman ang mga taong masasalanta… yung pananim, yung agrikultura,
yung mga bahay at ari-arian nila. Kung mawa-wash out ito, ano naman ang
mangyayari sa kanila?”
Checking it herself, Gov.
Lilia "Nanay" Pineda impacts the sense of urgency in the immediate
restoration of the collapsed portion of a dike road near the Sto. Cristo Dam in
Barangay Sta. Rita here, to be followed by a long-term, sustainable solution.
With Nanay Gov in her
on-site monitoring were officials of the DPWH, NIA-PamBat IMO, PNP, the local
government of Lubao, the chiefs of the provincial engineering, environment and
natural resources, and disaster risk reduction and management offices. Governor
Pineda remains proactive in ensuring the safety and welfare of all Kapampangans
amid these natural calamities. Pampanga PIO
DPWH CHIEF ASSESSES DAMAGED DIKE ROAD, IMMEDIATE REPAIR SET
LUBAO, Pampanga — “It’s a
critical situation if we don’t act quickly. But rest assured that this will be
attended to by the government, including NIA and DPWH.”
DPWH Secretary Manuel
Bonoan on July 25 personally made a personal assessment of the damaged dike
road in Barangay Sta. Rita here, a day after Gov. Lilia “Nanay” Pineda raised
alarm over the imminent danger to life, property, and livelihood of the
surrounding communities.
The governor called on the
DPWH and the NIA to carry out immediate measures on the eroded slope of the
dike near the Sto. Cristo Dam which is under NIA management.
Following the on-site
assessment, Bonoan confirmed that NIA, in coordination with the provincial
government, is prepared to carry out immediate and necessary repairs and
rehabilitation works on the affected sections of the dike.
Among the immediate measures the governor called for was sheet pile shoring where interlocking steel or concrete sheets are driven into the ground to create a continuous wall for earth retention and support in eroded areas…
REPAIR WORK AT STO.
CRISTO DAM
LUBAO, Pampanga – On Sept.
26, as part of precautionary measure for oncoming super tropical storm Opong,
Lt. Col. Dederick M. Relativo, acting chief of police, personally inspected the
water level of Sto. Cristo Dam, inadvertently named Sta. Rita Dam due to its
location in Barangay Sta. Rita. Posted in the police’s FB page is a photograph
of the cop chief and an aide at the dike by the dam.
Last July 24, mainstream media carried this photograph of the dike damaged at the onslaught of storms Dante and Emong and the southwest monsoon, which looks like a reproduction of the first photo sans the persons.
On July 25, then-DPWH
Secretary Manuel Bonoan did an on-site inspection, with equipment and material,
principally sheet piles, for the dike repair on hand.
On July 28, heavy
equipment were reported to be at work at the site as shown in this CLTV-36
photograb. Sheet piles embedded into the bank not even halfway the dike level
show work accomplished for two months. The Editor
AND THEN, but for the assurances of NIA heard in perfunctory meetings, nothing more was publicized of the rehabilitation of the Sto. Cristo Dam. Until the southwest monsoons this week impacted it anew into the public consciousness.
So, yesterday, Aug. 28,
Dizon stood, looked, and made a point where his now disgraced predecessor
Bonoan did the same but a year ago.
And the same Sisyphean rigmarole rolls on. And on. And on.
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