📋 Tender Overview
INSPECTION. Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) Chair Romando “Don” Artes (center) leads the inspection of the Tripa de Gallina Pumping Station on Wednesday (July 23 2025). The MMDA reported that over 600 tons of garbage have so far been collected in the Metro Manila’s streets and pumping stations since July 18 following the floods caused by weather disturbances. (Photo courtesy of MMDA)
MANILA – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has so far collected 603.723 tons of garbage in cleaning operations across the National Capital Region (NCR) following the floods caused by the enhanced southwest monsoon (habagat).
A total of 526.8 tons of garbage were collected from NCR’s 71 pumping stations from July 18 to 22 in addition to 26.37 truckloads or 76.923 tons of garbage hauled from cleanup operations from various areas in NCR from July 21 to 22.
During an inspection of the Tripa de Gallina Pumping Station on Wednesday MMDA Chair Romando Artes said cleanup drives are meant to ensure the unhampered operations of NCR’s drainages and pumping stations.
The operations are in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s order to implement proactive measures and ensure complete readiness against the impacts of inclement weather.
“When plastics are sucked into the pump they get coiled in the engine resulting in overheating. The efficiency of our pumping stations is really affected and could result in damaged equipment” Artes said.
On Tuesday MMDA personnel collected heavy loads of garbage at the Tripa De Gallina Pumping Station including old furniture broken refrigerators wheels trunks of fallen trees and other debris.
He assured that all 71 pumping stations in the NCR are working at full capacity to address flooding in the region.
Personnel from the MMDA Flood Control and Sewerage Management Office (FCSMO) regularly conduct declogging and dredging operations of drainages and waterways in major thoroughfares in Metro Manila.
The program is one of the agencys mitigating measures even before the onset of the rainy season.
However he said NCRs drainage system is outdated and is part of the cause of flooding in the region.
“Our drainage system is antiquated with more than 50 years of service. To address these issues we need a drainage master plan for Metro Manila that involves upgrading and expanding the existing drainage network constructing new pumping stations among others” he said.
He also called on the public to be more disciplined and segregate their waste properly to help the government address flooding problems in the NCR.
Meanwhile Artes also inspected the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) Batasan Station along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City to examine the possible causes of flooding in the area.
“The size of the inlet was reduced to two feet by two feet from its original dimension of three meters by three meters. Our agency plans to widen the existing steel-grating drop inlet to intercept the flood waters coming from IBP Road” he said.
Representatives from the Quezon City government and San Miguel Corporation (SMC) MRT-7 Corporation also joined the inspection.
SMC Infrastructure responded by committing to addressing the problem and correcting it immediately. (PNA)
