'MMDA Lingap sa Barangay' cleanup campaign in Tondo and Tatalon a success!
Posted by unang apluma on Tuesday, September 7, 2010
AFTER successfully conducting extensive cleanup operations in Tatalon, Quezon City and Tondo, Manila, the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority's "Lingap sa Barangay" cleanup campaign will move to Pasay City possibly this week.
This as barangay officials in Tatalon and Tondo have conveyed their utmost appreciation to the MMDA for helping their communities in its cleanup and anti-littering drive.
"We were overwhelmed by the cooperation and the appreciation these barangay chairmen have shown us during our cleanup operations. This only shows that they are sincere in enforcing community rules against indiscriminate dumping of garbage, and littering and sanitation," MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said. "We realized that this is participatory planning at its best."
Last Friday, the MMDA officially kicked off its "MMDA Lingap sa Barangay" campaign in several barangays in Quezon City and Manila. The cleanup drive is aimed at helping depressed and densely populated communities prevent or stem the tide of diseases such as dengue.
The operation involved road and sidewalk clearing, dredging of drainages, creeks, and waterways, and the fumigation of barangays.
MMDA workers also removed stacks of old tires that residents used as weight to their roofs, which are breeding places for dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
In exchange for the tires, the MMDA fixed the residents' houses for free.
As with Pasay, Tolentino said he has tasked MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno to coordinate with the city government to identify barangays and what possible aid the agency could extend.
After Pasay, the MMDA's possible next stop is Valenzuela City.
"This is a continuous endeavor so as to encourage barangays to conduct its own cleanliness programs," the MMDA chairman said.
Recounting his talks with the barangay chairmen of Tatalon and Tondo last Friday, Tolentino said he has discovered that barangay officials have actually long wanted to enforce anti-littering ordinances but are unable to do so for one reason or another.
Barangay officials said the MMDA's help is a big welcome, especially its heavy and specialized equipment in cleaning the canals and drainages and the destruction of possible breeding grounds of mosquitoes.
In turn, Tolentino said the barangay officials' cooperation is also a big help since they could lead the information drive on their constituents.
"They support our plan to deploy environmental police, but for the meantime, we will conduct extensive information drives in the areas to encourage the participation of the communities / neighborhood. The program will fail if the communities themselves do not realize the good it will do them to run the program themselves," he added.
This as barangay officials in Tatalon and Tondo have conveyed their utmost appreciation to the MMDA for helping their communities in its cleanup and anti-littering drive.
"We were overwhelmed by the cooperation and the appreciation these barangay chairmen have shown us during our cleanup operations. This only shows that they are sincere in enforcing community rules against indiscriminate dumping of garbage, and littering and sanitation," MMDA Chairman Francis Tolentino said. "We realized that this is participatory planning at its best."
Last Friday, the MMDA officially kicked off its "MMDA Lingap sa Barangay" campaign in several barangays in Quezon City and Manila. The cleanup drive is aimed at helping depressed and densely populated communities prevent or stem the tide of diseases such as dengue.
The operation involved road and sidewalk clearing, dredging of drainages, creeks, and waterways, and the fumigation of barangays.
MMDA workers also removed stacks of old tires that residents used as weight to their roofs, which are breeding places for dengue-carrying mosquitoes.
In exchange for the tires, the MMDA fixed the residents' houses for free.
As with Pasay, Tolentino said he has tasked MMDA General Manager Robert Nacianceno to coordinate with the city government to identify barangays and what possible aid the agency could extend.
After Pasay, the MMDA's possible next stop is Valenzuela City.
"This is a continuous endeavor so as to encourage barangays to conduct its own cleanliness programs," the MMDA chairman said.
Recounting his talks with the barangay chairmen of Tatalon and Tondo last Friday, Tolentino said he has discovered that barangay officials have actually long wanted to enforce anti-littering ordinances but are unable to do so for one reason or another.
Barangay officials said the MMDA's help is a big welcome, especially its heavy and specialized equipment in cleaning the canals and drainages and the destruction of possible breeding grounds of mosquitoes.
In turn, Tolentino said the barangay officials' cooperation is also a big help since they could lead the information drive on their constituents.
"They support our plan to deploy environmental police, but for the meantime, we will conduct extensive information drives in the areas to encourage the participation of the communities / neighborhood. The program will fail if the communities themselves do not realize the good it will do them to run the program themselves," he added.