Dredging of Cagayan River to save crops urged

CAUAYAN CITY, Isabela: In a move to save billions of peso-worth of crops in Cagayan Valley resulting from natural calamities like flooding, a Partylist Representative here has called on government leaders to devise a solution by dredging the heavily silted Cagayan River.

Rep. Silvestre Bello 3rd of Una ang Barangay Ating Paunlarin (1BAP) made the call after Isabela Provincial Agriculture Office reported P1.8 billion losses in agriculture primarily on corn and rice as a result of flooding brought about by heavy downpour during the onslaught of typhoon Nona.