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| New housing units at Rotary Homes |
Around 5,000 families dwell along the
banks of the three-kilometer Parañaque River, considered one of the most polluted in Metro
Manila and classified as “biologically
dead” by the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources (DENR), which
means it is no longer a viable habitat for fishes and other forms of marine
life. Heavily clogged with tons of trash
and domestic wastes, flooding is always imminent
during a typhoon that brings torrential rains, threatening the lives of these poor residents who most likely
persist in this area despite the risks because they have no other options.
