The Philippines' Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), together with local government units (LGUs), said that they will implement dredging, deploy mobile pumps, and construct water detention basins as immediate, medium and long-term measures to address flooding in Dagupan City.
"The first thing we need to do is to dredge from the upstream of the Sinocalan River, since there are a lot of areas in the upstream of Dagupan City that are submerged in water for a long time," said DPWH Secretary, Vince Dizon.
He said that the dredging equipment will be mobilized in the coming days to begin dredging work.
"Pangasinan Governor Ramon Guico III wants to help, and we will accept the dredging equipment from the province. We will deploy it along with our other equipment," he said.
Dizon also added that aside from dredging as an immediate solution, they will install four mobile pumps.
"When we dredge the Sinocalan River, we also need to remove the water that remains in other barangays. I am also checking all the gabions to see if any need repair," he said.
The floodgates in Barangays Bacayao Sur and Bacayao Norte will also be opened after repair and later turned over to the City Engineering Office, while the backflow of the Pantal River in Careenan Poblacion Oeste will be addressed, Dizon concluded.