MANILA, Philippines — The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is launching an investigation into quarry operations in Rizal after heavy flooding hit the province and Marikina City last month.
This comes as DENR’s Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) in Region 4A temporarily suspended at least 11 quarry and crushing plant operators within the Marikina River Basin
According to the agency, it formed four composite teams equipped with aerial mapping drones to focus on the quarry operations within the river basin, which residents blamed for the destructive floods brought by typhoon Ulysses.
Torrential rains due to Ulysses pushed the water level in the Marikina …
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