Remarks by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. at the Inspection of the Tripa de Gallina Pumping Station
Good morning.
Nandito naman tayo sa pumping station. Tinitingnan natin kung sapat dahil ang katotohanan ay talagang napakarami ang tubig na bumabagsak ngayon compared sa mga nakaraan na taon.
Kayaโt kailangan tingnan natin kung sapat ang volume na kaya ng mga bomba natin para ilabas ang tubig. Siyempre ang nakikita natin problema, number one, โyung basura ulit. Kasi, kayaโt โyan ang tiningnan natin, okay naman, malakas naman โyung mga bomba natin, umaandar naman silang lahat.
Pero ang nagiging problema pa rin ay โyung pagpasok ng basura. Kayaโt naghahanap tayo ng mga ibaโt ibang pamamaraan upang magamit โyung basura. At โyan, ginagawang compost, ginagawang paso na organic, at sakaโtapos โyung, pero โyung iba, kailangan talagang itapon sa landfill.
Kayaโt โyun ang kailangan nating ayusin talaga. Kahit na maganda ang ating pumping station, kahit na malakas ang ating mga bomba, kapag nandiyan pa rin, pumapasok pa rin โyung basura, siyempre ang efficiency niyan bababa, hindi na masyadong maganda ang takbo. Kayaโt โyan ang kailangan natin ayusin ngayon.
Because of climate change, because of the increase in volume of rainfall that has been coming to the Philippines and will come in the future, we are installing additional pumping stations. And those pumping stations are in and around Manila. I think altogether we will have 13 โ 13 additional pumping stations which we should have in place by the end of this year or the beginning of next year. Most of them should be in place already.
But again, that does not solve our problem with garbage. And so, that is why we are here trying to find ways to dispose of the garbage in an environmentally friendly way. Thatโs why they are creating compost, none of the organic waste goes to waste as [garbled]. Lahat ng organic waste nagagamit. It is all of the other inorganic waste that is being thrown into our systems. โYan ang โ diyan tayo nagkakaproblema.
Ang biro nga nila is that kung kukunin mo lahat ng lumalabas ng basura, puwede kang magbuo ng bahay dahil mayroong mga kitchen sink, may mattress tayong nakita, kung ano-ano โyung tinatapon sa ano. Kayaโt kailangan natin tugunan โyung problema sa basura.
And thatโs what we are trying to attend to now with our waste-to-energy programs which as Iโm sure you have heard, the Department of Energy is already starting to auction. So, nagbi-bid na sila tungkol doon sa waste-to-energy project. Mas medyo mabilis naman โyan, at โyung waste-to-energy it should beโฆ. As long as the financing is fixed and is available, I think we will be able to put those into action by next year.
All right, thank you.
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