RIVER REHAB, SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PRAYORIDAD NG DENR

PRAYORIDAD ni Environment Secretary Roy Cimatu ang pagsasagawa ng malawakang clean-up sa mga ilog at tamang pamamahala ng solid waste sa nalalabing termino nito sa kagawaran.

“We will continue our programs such as the Battle for Manila Bay and Boracay rehabilitation. Now it’s also the battle against garbage and dirty rivers in your respective CENROs (Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices) and PENROs (Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offices),” saad ni Cimatu sa mga DENR provincial at regional officers sa ginanap na mid-year assessment ng priority programs ng ahensya.

Upang matiyak ang tagumpay ng mga gawain sa ilalim ng mga priority programs, inatasan ni Cimatu ang mga regional official at field officers ng DENR na pangunahan ang paglilinis ng mga ilog at pamamahala sa solid waste.

“I want an inventory of all rivers with corresponding fecal coliform count within your jurisdiction by next month. Henceforth, all regional offices should rehabilitate and clean degraded rivers and other water bodies starting with those in highly urbanized cities,” pahayag ni Cimatu.

Kasabay nito, inatasan din ng DENR chief na lumahok ang PENROs at CENROs sa mga management meetings sa DENR Central Office “to further boost their morale and sharpen the professionalism of frontline workers.

“The PENROs and CENROs are to be included in the management conferences because they are the DENR’s frontline managers and should therefore be present in our command conferences,” dagdag ni Cimatu.

Ang DENR ay may kabuuang bilang na 76 Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officers at 140 Community Environment and Natural Resources Officers sa buong bansa.

Ang management conference ay ang “highest level meeting” na ipinatatawag ng DENR Secretary na kadalasang dinadaluhan ng mga opisyal sa central office, bureau at service directors, at regional executive directors.

“I still have a little than a year to go. I would like to see the mark of professionalism from the central office down to the PENROs and CENROs,” dagdag pa ni Cimatu. BENEDICT ABAYGAR, JR.