Damaged Tullahan River dike under DPWH —QC gov’t

The damaged dike in Tullahan River in Barangay North Fairview, Quezon City is under the Department of Public Works and Highways, the local disaster risk reduction and management office said Tuesday.

“Yun po kasing project na 'yan is under po 'yan ng DPWH, hindi po 'yan sa Quezon City government,” QC Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office spokesperson Peachy de Leon told Unang Balita in an interview.

(That project is under the DPWH, not the Quezon City government.)

She said the QCDRRMO and the city engineering department checked the damaged dike. Since the project is under the DPWH, the official said the national government will conduct its repair.

“Noong nangyari po 'yan, siyempre unang gagawin is ite-check po ng DRRMO, and then chineck din po ng engineering department,” De Leon said.

(When that happened, of course the first thing to do was to have it checked by the DRRMO, and then the engineering department checked it also.)

“Tapos nakita nga na DPWH ang may project, kaya nai-relay na po 'yan. So nakasalalay na po sa national government 'yung pag-repair po niyan,” she added.

(Then it was found that the DPWH handled the project, so it was relayed to the agency. So it is up to the national government to repair it.)

Asked who is the contractor of the dike, De Leon said she has no information on the matter.

For safety, De Leon said the city government advised students in a nearby school to avoid going near the damaged dike. Tricycle drivers are also advised to take alternative routes.

GMA News Online has sought comment from DPWH-National Capital Region on the matter but it has yet to provide a statement as of posting time.

Last week, the Quezon City government said it approved only two out of 254 monitored flood control projects by the DPWH in its area.

Quezon City Mayor Joy Belmonte said the combined cost of these flood control projects from 2021 to 2025 is P14 billion. 

Belmonte raised concerns over some of the DPWH projects for issues such as wrong locations, uncertain sites, same contracts costs, declared as completed but still ongoing, and generic project titles. It was also found that at least one project was divided into 66 phases.  —AOL, GMA Integrated News