On March 2011, a flashflood incident due to
heavy rain fall occurred in Jolo, Sulu killing a child and affecting thousands
of residents. Eye witnesses said that a two story high water raged through an
old river in sitio 477 of Barangay Asturias in Jolo bringing in a two meter
floodwater barging into homes, destroying concrete fences and almost drowning
people inside their vehicles. Five barangays namely Asturias, Tulay,
Takut-takut, Chinese Pier and part of San Raymundos were inundated with flood
waters. However, the Many were stranded and the flooding resulted to damage to
life and property in Jolo with most of the barter goods and commercial things
wiped out. This prompted former Department of Public Works and Highways of the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (DPWH-ARMM) Secretary Emil Sadain to come
up with an infra plan in Jolo that would address its flooding problems.
(June 20, 2016), Secretary Don Mustapha Loong
and Sulu 1st DEO District Engineer Munir Hadjirul led DPWH-ARMM team to inspect
Jolo’s drainage system project. Since DPWH-ARMM’s inspections last April, the
drainage system is now almost complete if not for the request for the
replacement of water interceptors and filters that would work best for Jolo. DE
Hadjirul recommended the replacement of water interceptors and filters as the
current ones do not catch waters easily while some are too open that even
plastic bottles that usually clogs drainages can cut through. This is based on
the observation of floodwaters during heavy rain in Sulu and how to optimize
the 2 by 3 meter flood box culvert under the Jolo main roads to address the
floods.
The Jolo drainage system is one of the major
projects of DPWH-ARMM in Sulu which addressing an immediate concern.
Aside from the infrastructure intervention,
the prevalence of garbage that is flowing with the rainwater from the upper
streets is clogging the inlets of the more than 2 kilometer drainage system.
For one week straight since the rainy season, the DPWH ARMM has been
continuously removing garbage that all end up in the main canals that are
impeding the flow of rainwater out to sea.
(Mindanao Expose)
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