DAGUPAN City’s garbage problem is now in “critical condition”.
Mayor Benjamin Lim has been informed by the Waste Management Division that the open dumpsite at the Tondaligan beach along the Bonuan shorelines is now facing even more serious management problems after the bulldozer recently bought by the city government for P7.8 million has bogged down.
The bulldozer was bought by the city government three months ago.
“This is not to make somebody look bad but this is the reality we have to resolve as we do the appropriate action.” Lim said.
An inspection team, which conducted an ocular inspection in the area, has recommended as stop-gap measure the rental of heavy equipment to restore the operation of the dumpsite and the spraying of chemicals to lessen the foul smell
The team also said there is a need to purchase another bulldozer to rehabilitate the dumpsite.
Lim said he will seek the provincial government’s help through Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and discuss the matter with the rest of the city government officials.
NO SEGREGATION, NO COLLECTION
Meanwhile, Lim, in a dialogue with barangay chairmen last week, has asked the community leaders to strictly impose segregation at the household level, otherwise garbage will not be collected in their area.
“If there will be no segregation, there will be no garbage collection in your barangays,” the mayor told the village chiefs whom he said “are supposed to be responsible in resolving sanitation problems in their barangays.”
Lim stressed that as mandated by an ordinance, the segregation of non-biodegradable and bio-gradable waste materials should be implemented in the barangays.
The mayor also took note of the request for the dumpsite closure made by Bonuan Boquig Punong Barangay Alfredo Quinto Jr. who raised the issue of health problems posed by the dumpsite to residents in the area.
It will be recalled a similar request by the barangay in 2001 prompted the city government, then under Mayor Lim, to acquire a 30-hectare lot in Barangay Awai in San Jacinto to be constructed as sanitary landfill.
The city government, however, has since lost ownership of the lot after its acquisition.
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Mayor Benjamin Lim has been informed by the Waste Management Division that the open dumpsite at the Tondaligan beach along the Bonuan shorelines is now facing even more serious management problems after the bulldozer recently bought by the city government for P7.8 million has bogged down.
The bulldozer was bought by the city government three months ago.
“This is not to make somebody look bad but this is the reality we have to resolve as we do the appropriate action.” Lim said.
An inspection team, which conducted an ocular inspection in the area, has recommended as stop-gap measure the rental of heavy equipment to restore the operation of the dumpsite and the spraying of chemicals to lessen the foul smell
The team also said there is a need to purchase another bulldozer to rehabilitate the dumpsite.
Lim said he will seek the provincial government’s help through Gov. Amado Espino Jr. and discuss the matter with the rest of the city government officials.
NO SEGREGATION, NO COLLECTION
Meanwhile, Lim, in a dialogue with barangay chairmen last week, has asked the community leaders to strictly impose segregation at the household level, otherwise garbage will not be collected in their area.
“If there will be no segregation, there will be no garbage collection in your barangays,” the mayor told the village chiefs whom he said “are supposed to be responsible in resolving sanitation problems in their barangays.”
Lim stressed that as mandated by an ordinance, the segregation of non-biodegradable and bio-gradable waste materials should be implemented in the barangays.
The mayor also took note of the request for the dumpsite closure made by Bonuan Boquig Punong Barangay Alfredo Quinto Jr. who raised the issue of health problems posed by the dumpsite to residents in the area.
It will be recalled a similar request by the barangay in 2001 prompted the city government, then under Mayor Lim, to acquire a 30-hectare lot in Barangay Awai in San Jacinto to be constructed as sanitary landfill.
The city government, however, has since lost ownership of the lot after its acquisition.
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