Posted September 15, 2014
Written
by Gloria Villas
Sangguniang
Panlalawigan (SP) committee was prompted to conduct an inquiry into the matter
when the Sangguniang Barangay of Old Buswang furnished the body of its
resolution addressed to local officials of Kalibo seeking for the immediate
closure of the Kalibo’s dumping site.
Kalibo’s
dumping site is located at the adjoining barangay of Bakhaw Sur, along the Sooc
River, one of the extensions of the Aklan River.
Unless
drastic remedial measures are undertaken, the threat to the environment posed
by the dumping site of the capital town of Aklan can worsen further and will
endanger the health and lives of people living nearby, to include schools’ population
of various learning institutions operating near its vicinity.
This
surfaced in a committee hearing conducted by the Committee on Environmental
Protection of the 16th Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Aklan on September 8, 2014.
Not
only are residents of the two barangays are affected of the persistent emission
of foul odor from the dumping site but also commercial and institutional
establishment operators and students near the area.
Meanwhile,
DENR Aklan emphasized that for the foul odor to be temporarily and immediately
remedied, spraying of chemicals on the dumpsite must be done at once, but safe
closure procedure must be started right away.
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