Ilalabas ng gobyerno ngayon linggo ang “mitigation plan” o sagot sa kung ano man perwisyo ang idudulot ng El Niño.
Ayon kay Press Secretary Cheloy Garafil, inatasan na ang Water Resources Management Office na nasa ilalim ng Department of Environment and Natural Resources, na manguna sa pagbuo ng contingency at mitigation plans.
Sinabi naman ni Pangulong Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. na dapat din isama sa plano ang potensyal na problema sa tubig.
“We will have a plan for the mitigation of the effects of El Niño this week. I just spoke to the Secretary of DENR this morning and she has told me that she will be prepared to make public what needs to be done,” ani Marcos mula sa Malacañang.
Isa sa tinatarget ng gobyerno ay ang pagkuha ng ground water o sa mga balon.
“Because we have enough surface water. It’s just a question of protecting it. We are designing now a system of catchment basins not only for flood control,” ani Marcos. “The original plan was only for flood control. But now, we have said we have to… that flood control always now includes irrigation and sometimes even power, if we can do it,” dagdag ni Marcos.
