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TACURONG CITY, Sultan Kudarat, Oct 31 (PIA) -- More than a thousand people joined the city government here in the latest massive cleanup of the drainage canals dubbed "Limyo Kalog".
Already on its fifth year, the cleanup drive held last Friday gathered young and adult participants from different sectors of the community.
Carrying various tools for cleaning, participants trooped to their respective areas of assignment beginning at 5 a.m. to rid waterways of cellophanes and other plastic materials, rotten leaves and woods, and other wastes that could cause clogging especially during heavy rains. Surroundings were also weeded out.
Mayor Lina Montilla led the city officials and employees in cleaning the drainage canals surrounding the city hall compound.
Faculty members and students of educational institutions here comprised the largest group who joined the activity.
The Philippine Army, PNP, Bureau of Fire, and BJMP also sent a huge number of participants. National line agencies, business groups, NGOs, transport groups, religious groups, rescuers/barangay tanods, and other groups also joined.
Also notable in the 5th Limpyo Kalog was the participation of the barangay constituents who cleaned the canals in their respective barangays.
Sangguniang Panlungsod Environment Committee Chairperson Psyche Sucaldito said that the latest Limpyo Kalog activity had the largest number of individual participants. It is also the second cleanup drive this year.
Limpyo Kalog is a regular activity of the city government that aims to clean and desilt drainage canals to avoid flooding due to heavy rains.
It also serves as a campaign to destroy the habitats of dengue-carrying mosquitoes through facilitating free flow of water in the canals.
The city government initiated Limpyo Kalog in 2010 when Tacurong joined the worldwide “10.10.10 Campaign (October 10, 2010)” that sought stakeholders’ positive action on climate change.
It is the city government’s response to the said campaign and it solicited positive responses from the community.
Since the local government had made the cleanup drive a regular activity, huge turnout of participants had been recorded every year.
Mayor Montilla said that the public’s willingness to join in the cleanup drive manifested how every member of the community took seriously ways to take care of Mother Earth. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12/Allan Freno-Tacurong City LGU)
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