More than 88,000-cubic meter silt removed along Nueva Ecija’s Digmala River
The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has dredged 88,840 cubic meters of silt along Digmala River in Bongabon town, Nueva Ecija Province.
In an update to DPWH Secretary Mark A. Villar, District Engineer Ricardo M. Puno of DPWH Nueva Ecija Second District Engineering Office (DEO) reported that a yearlong desilting operation in partnership with the DPWH Bureau of Equipment has cleared Digmala River, which used to be heavily silted due to soil erosion from the denuded portions of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range.