Thursday, November 22, 2007

Deadly Flood and Landslide Potential Along Ma-a Road

Take a look at Shrine Hill along Ma-a Road at Don Julian. You will conclude most Davaoeños have been sleeping during many years of news headlines and televised disaster newscasts. One wonders what St. Bernard in Southern Leyte where 2000 people were killed, Cherry Hills in Antipolo Rizal where 57 people were killed, Baguio City, and Compostela Valley landslides have taught Davaoeños and Developers. Anything?

Massive vertical scars and planar cuts have appeared in the otherwise green hills high above Ma-a Road South from the Caltex station.There is a finished cement road up the hillside to the top. Who approved it? What about the Region 11 Mines and Geosciences Bureau Geohazard survey report of January 2006? [Read More....]

2 comments:

Aldrin said...

I used to live near that place. I believe that it has to be stopped. I can still remember the times when heavy rains just swept all the debris from the hill right down to our place (mid 80s to early 90s). I don't know why developers/people want to erect houses on hills. Is this the new meaning of TAGA-BUKID in Davao right now?

Count me in. www.AldrinRed.net

Anonymous said...

I live right below the hill where they're going to start developing a subdivision. neighbors have complained that every time it rains, their houses get flooded. Terrible. Such a small mountain can only hold so much. Houses? Certainly not. The ground is too unstable. That's according to scientists who analyzed the soil ha! I'm definitely in. www.mayaflaminda.blogspot.com