Mayor Rolando Uy called for collaborative efforts to rehabilitate the Iponan River, a common resource of the city and adjoining localities, from the massive damage wrought by illegal mining activities.
Improved coordination“I hope that the recently conducted joint operation and the succeeding monitoring and rehabilitation efforts will bring about positive changes and bring to life again the Iponan River,” Environment Secretary Antonia Loyzaga said in a statement on Thursday.
Apart from maintaining law enforcement drive against illegal miners, Uy said it is also essential to strengthen development efforts in communities along the river. In its recent report to Task Force Kinaiyahan, a body composed mainly of the Philippine National Police, the Philippine Army, the DENR and the local government, Clenro found traces of extractive activities on the city’s side of the river.
The mountains along the river, especially in the hinterlands, have been the subject of massive illegal gold extraction activities in the last two decades, employing the hydraulic mining method that uses high-pressure water trained on the hills to dislodge materials believed to contain mineral deposits. The sediments are then channeled to a sluice box that pans the gold.Illegal mining operations had been observed in the villages of Taglimao, Pigsag-an, Tuburan and Tumpagon of Cagayan de Oro.
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