Conduct of Master Plan and Feasibility Study of Flood Control and Drainage Projects of Selected River Basins Nationwide, Package 2, Batch 2, Daguitan – Marambong River, Burauen, Leyte; Bago River, Bago City, Negros occidental and Caguray River, Magsaysay, Mindoro Occidental.
The river basin of Daguitan – Marabong in Leyte del Norte, Caguray in Occidental Mindoro and Bago in Negros Occidental has high intensity rainfall hence subjecting its flood plains to frequent flooding specifically at the mid and downstream section damaging its infrastructure, lives and properties. To address this problem, the Department of Public Works and Highways with participation of the local government, constituents dependent on their livelihood from the basin environment tasked PERTCONSULT International to conduct a Master Plan and Feasibility Study of the three river basins to identify the flood prone areas and extent of damage, identify the natural and man – made causes of flooding and come up with structural and non-structural counteracting measures and the extent of responsibility and participation each stakeholders has to share in the solution implementation.