Officials of the province are preparing a class suit against the National Power Corp. (Napocor) after uncovering evidence that the water released from Angat Dam last week caused massive flooding in the municipalities of Pulilan, Calumpit, Paombong and this coastal town.
This developed as National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) executive director Benito Ramos yesterday said flooding in Central Luzon could last a month.
The evidence uncovered by Bulacan officials supposedly belies an earlier statement by Napocor, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) and the NDRRMC that water released from Angat Dam did not cause flooding in the four towns.
“I have the draft and we are just finalizing it,” Gov. Wilhelmino Alvarado said in his weekly radio program over radio dwSS.
The draft was leaked by members of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines (LMP) Bulacan chapter on Friday, noting that they are planning a class suit.
Alvarado said the class suit will be signed by officials of the province, including members of the LMP-Bulacan chapter.
He said that while government agencies are denying that water released from Angat Dam last Sept. 27 and the days that followed did not cause the worst flooding to hit the province since 1978, they have unearthed evidence that says otherwise.
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