Pasig River Beautification Project
By nicanorr
@nicanorr (1789)
Philippines
March 4, 2012 4:53am CST
In the days of old, the Pasig River that straddles Manila and its suburbs was a beauty to behold. In its clean water fish and other edible marine life abound, supplying enough fish to the early settlers. In its banks, grew lush vegetation and trees that provide shelter to birds and animals. Now they are gone. What takes their place are murky and stinking water, all sorts of garbage and pollutants that are eyesores.
Now there is a project to clean up the debris that pollute the Pasig River. There is an ongoing rehabilitation to beautiful its banks. Fun run are being sponsored to raise funds for the purpose.
As a Filipino, what can you do to help realize this noble objective?
6 responses
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
5 Mar 12
I guess what our government should do is to relocate the residents who are residing near the river, because it's for sure they are the one's who throws all sort of garbage/refuse indiscriminately in the river. And when this is done, we could work together for this clean up drive.
@taki_takaishi (1279)
• Philippines
5 Mar 12
I second this motion. If they want this project to be successful they need to relocate all the ones living next to the river. Seriously, they are the cause of this and it is already annoying, it would take years for this river to be back to the way it was.
@nicanorr (1789)
• Philippines
9 Mar 12
Indeed relocating Pasig river bank squatters is the best move. Meanwhile, let's educate squatters therein by this method. Have all the barangays within the Pasig river area conduct a cleanliness campaign meeting attended by family heads and barangay officials. Give them time frame say 6 months to clean up their surroundings. Failure to accomplish the goal will mean their transfer to other site.
@stanley777 (9402)
• Philippines
6 Mar 12
Yes, and to think that most of them if not all are informal settlers. If our government is really serious about this plan, the local government should do their part.
@girl_thinking (1959)
• Philippines
5 Mar 12
I searched for pictures of Pasig River in the old times and I can't help but feel so sad about what happened to our river 
Cleaning it is not impossible but it can be considered a moonshot But if all people will cooperate, especially the citizens living around it, we can really clean it 
First step for me is to stop throwing garbage on it.
Cleaning it is not impossible but it can be considered a moonshot But if all people will cooperate, especially the citizens living around it, we can really clean it First step for me is to stop throwing garbage on it. @nicanorr (1789)
• Philippines
22 Mar 12
We're here and we brought this topic for us to help realize this important objective and that is to regain the lost glory of the Pasig. Let's be contented of what we're doing. This series of discussions we've had are lessons, wake-up calls for those concerned to wake up and do action to clean the river in question.
@girl_thinking (1959)
• Philippines
12 Mar 12
I think we already realize that it is not good for the Pasig River. But the people who continue to throw their wastes on the river just doesn't care. They know it is bad but they could not care less. Maybe if the world collapse because of the wastes, then people will care.
@beamer88 (4259)
• Philippines
4 Mar 12
It's really sad that I can only see pictures of how the Pasig river once looked like. And most of those pictures are in black and white. I just have to use my imagination or superimpose some other photos or videos of rivers just to sort of picture how this river had once looked like. I don't live that near to it but I always pass by it going to work. I'm nearer to one of its tributaries, the Markina river. One of the best things I could do to help is make my son realize the importance of preserving rivers.
@fantasticbabe (981)
• Philippines
4 Mar 12
already know it before and today the cleanliness drive is always initiated by government along with those resident encircling the pasig river. as a concern citizen in case live near the pasig river. i would not throw my garbage in it especially those plastic cellophane and other packaging, since those waste damage the environment around it and those include the water of the pasig river poisoning the fishes, prawns and other fishes. so cleanliness should be practice everyday and start with our place.
@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
7 Mar 12
In my opinion, no matter how much we do to beautify the Pasig river , as long as there are squatters that live on the riverside, it cannot fully come true.
Sad to say, but those squatters are those who makes the river dirty and murky. Some would just throw their rubbish there, much more eliminate their bodily wastes by the river.
I just hope all of the squatters could be relocated after which the banks will be prohibited from any informal settlers. That way, the beauty of the Pasig river will be maintained after giving all the efforts by the NGOs that are trying to beautify them again.
@ardoy0731 (7308)
• Philippines
4 Mar 12
Through the help of this project and with the cooperation of everyone.we can bring back the beauty of Pasig river.We can help even in simple ways like not throwing waste every where and proper waste disposal.We could also help by promoting this advocacy so that everyone who will know about it will join and cooperate with this project.
@dazzledlady (1618)
• Philippines
4 Mar 12
I support your suggestion. The cheapest way that each Filipino can contribute to the beautification of our rivers, not only Pasig river is to not throw our garbage irresponsibly. If each of us apply this then at most we wont probably need aids to clean the streets. I know most of us are aware of the benefits of proper garbage disposal, its in the implementation that we extremely lack. Sad so say most of us is not discipline enough to follow rules.
