The Provincial Government of Lanao del Norte, through the Provincial Engineer’s Office (PEO), recently conducted a testing and commissioning of their newly acquired Amphibious Excavator. The new equipment is a special tool used for dredging the silted shores along Panguil Bay and the rivers along provincial roads that are clogged or silted from the floods.
Governor Imelda ‘Angging’ Quibranza-Dimaporo is shown witnessing the testing and commissioning of the new equipment held at the Bulod River near the PEO, where the supplier trained the engineers, operators, and mechanics on how to use and maintain the equipment and to also verify the equipment’s complete specifications and good performance.
Accordingly, the excavator can also be rented out to National Line Agencies like the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), and other Local Government Units that also have problems in the coastal and river siltation.
Coastal dredging helps not only in preventing flooding but also in boosting the fishery industry in the province.
info and photos by PIO-LDN
