A public-private partnership (PPP) to reduce the pollution at the Carangan Creek, this city, the ESTERO project intends to develop a comprehensive program that involves all the stakeholders in the community. The project aims to determine the necessity of and the possible plans for dredging and de-silting of the creek and involve interventions, such as planting of bamboo and other plant species along the creek banks, riprapping and regular clean-up, Grace Villanueva, MUCEP Program Director, said. She said regular clean-up of the creek has been conducted by the students taking up the National Service Training Program (NSTP) in MU, beneficiaries of the Special Program for the Employment of Students (SPES) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and the MUCEP staff.
Meanwhile, the trash traps with matching fabricated forks to lift the trash from the creek for use in the weekly clean-up of the creek, have been installed between the Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP) and Metro Bank, along Burgos Sts., this city, during the launching of the ESTERO Project. Also set up during the occasion was the mural painting of the wall near the DBP for some messages to remind the public about environment protection/preservation and how to take care of mother nature. Villanueva said MU President Dr. Karen Belina Feliciano-De Leon has allocated P156,135.50 from the MUNSTP Fund for the ESTERO, while DBP contributed P10,000 and MetroBankBurgos, P7,000 for the purchase of paint and other painting materials needed for the wall murals and McDonalds-Ozamiz for snacks during the launching.
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