DENR issues CDOs in Region 4A

THE Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Region 4-A (Calabarzon or Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon) has issued show cause orders against the owners of more than 200 structures along the Marikina-Rizal-Laguna-Quezon (Marilaque) Highway, which traverses protected areas in the region.

Nilo Tamoria, DENR-Calabarzon regional executive director, said the structures were built on the designated road right-of-way by the Department of Public Works and Highways along Marilaque Highway that crosses inside the Kaliwa River Forest Reserve, the Upper Marikina River Basin Protected Landscape and areas covered by Presidential Proclamation 1636 in some parts of Laguna and Quezon province.