Big dikes eyed as remedy for Mindanao floods

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is pushing for construction of big river dikes as an “ultimate” remedy to the perennial flooding, which currently displaced over 60,000 families in the provinces of Maguindanao, North Cotabato and Cotabato City.

Engineer Emil Sadain, ARMM’s regional DPWH secretary, said he would strongly endorse to his central office and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) the idle master plan of the disbanded Task Force on Mindanao River Basin Rehabilitation and Development (TFMRBRD) for possible use and funding.