The Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) have been sniping at each other recently, with each blaming the other for the delayed public works project all over Metro Manila that have exacerbated the perennial flooding problem of the metropolis.

There is no question that the unfinished road works, especially the drainage projects underneath, were a big factor in the recent floods that came after barely an hour or two of hard rains.

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