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MA-A SHRINE HILLS DEVELOPMENT: A Landslide Threat

An action blog of concerned residents of Ma-a, Davao City against construction of high-end subdivisions at Ma-a Shrine Hills

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

A Thousand Lives at Risk!

This is a serious matter and puts the lives of 1000's at risk for the profit of a few. - Anonymous Visitor 2:23PM 11-21-07

Posted by MariaLinda at 3:14 PM

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OFFICIAL STEPS TAKEN

1-25-08 Audience with VM Sara Duterte
1-24-08 Responsible Development of Ma-a Shrine Hills: Amended Position Statement of the Federation
1-10-08 Dialogue with the Developers
11-30-07 Letter to CPDO re Crown Communities Violations
11-29-07 Letter to CPDO re DMC-UPDI Violations
11-28-07 dialogue with CPDO, DMC-UPDI and Crown Asia
11-19-07 Meeting with City Planning and Development Office (CPDO)
11-19-07 Letter to Vice-Mayor Sarah Duterte
11-8-07 Privilege Speech on the issue by Councilor Pilar Braga
10-18-07 Letter to Councilor Arnolfo Cabling
10-15-07 Letter to Councilor Arnolfo Cabling
9-28-07 Letter to Councilor Arnolfo Cabling
8-7-07 Letter to Councilor Arnolfo Cabling
7-30-07 Dialogue among stakeholders convened by ENR Committee with Councilor Leo Avila
8-14-06 Letter to Councilor Peter Laviña

The Gist of the Matter (Click on any Paragraph below for full Article)

…DMC-UPDI acknowledged that they intend to develop the property into “the best and most conducive place of residence to their prospective buyers.” Since their application is only for a spine road, they were not required to secure an Environmental Compliance Certificate (ECC) from the Environment Management Bureau.

…We are apprehensive with the development works of DMC-UPDI in their Ma-a property not only because of their proximity to our subdivision, but more so because of the information we gathered from different sources that the Shrine/Ma-a hills is prone to erosion which could eventually lead to landslides.

…The first natural consequence of mass-movement in the property of DMC-UPDI was the uncontrollable flow of water during rainy days……. Flooding in areas which previously were not affected by heavy rains have also occurred when DMC-UPDI started their development.

…Also observable are the coalescing gullies which are the drainage paths for surface run-off during heavy rains. Drainage paths where the spine road traversed are significantly overlain with debris flows of colluvium and highly weathered limestone and shale.

…On the issue of soil erosion and landslides, we remain fearful of the original findings of the Mines and Geoscience Bureau and concurred by the study of QSTS regarding the identified geo-hazards along the Ma-a-Shrine Hills.

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