MMDA starts cemetery clean-up drive for Undas 2017

The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) on Friday kickstarted cemetery cleaning operations for All Saints' Day on November 1.

The MMDA will deploy 2,886 personnel for "Oplan Undas" from October 27 to November 2, according to a news release the agency published Wednesday.

"Oplan Undas" will see MMDA personnel "intensify" their clean-up drive in cemeteries in Metro Manila, said MMDA Chairman Danilo Lim.

He also said there will be a "no day-off, no absent" policy among MMDA personnel for the six-day period.

The MMDA will also set up public assistance centers and have ambulances ready at the Manila North Cemetery, South Cemetery, Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City and San Juan Public Cemetery.

In anticipation of the throngs of Filipinos who will pay respects to their deceased loved ones in cemeteries, the MMDA will also deploy members of the Reckless Driving Enforcement Team, Anti-Jaywalking Unit and Sidewalk Clearing Operations Group at the following bus terminals:

• Araneta Center
• Cubao
• EDSA
• Pasay-Taft
• Sampaloc
• Dangwa
• Mindanao Avenue

The clean-up drive, meanwhile, will be conducted by MMDA personnel in the following cemeteries before and after the holidays:

• Caloocan City – North Cemetery, La Loma Cemetery
• Las Piñas City – Golden Heaven Cemetery
• Makati - Makati South Cemetery
• Malabon City – Tugatog Cemetery
• Mandaluyong City – Mandaluyong Cemetery (Aglipay), San Felipe Neri Catholic Cemetery (semi-public)
• Manila City – North Cemetery, Manila North Green Park (City Shape)
• Marikina City – Barangka Cemetery
• Muntinlupa City – Soldiers Hill Cemetery
• Navotas- Navotas Cemetery
• Parañaque City – Palanyag Public Cemetery
• Pasay City – Sargento Mariano Public Cemetery
• Pasig City – Baraks, Santolan, Roman Catholic Cemetery
• Pateros – Garden Memories (Bagong Calzada St.), Aglipay Cemetery (M. Lozada Street), San Joaquin Cemetery (M. Almeda Street), San Roque Cemetery (E. Hermosa Street)
• Quezon City – Bagbag, Novaliches, Sangandaan
• San Juan City – San Juan Cemetery
• Taguig City – Hagonoy Municipal Cemetery
• Valenzuela City – Arkong Bato, Karuhatan Cemetery

Lim urged the public to cooperate with authorities to "guarantee a peaceful and orderly celebration of All Saints' Day," according to the release. —Nicole-Anne C. Lagrimas/KG, GMA News