The Public Safety and Security Office (PSSO) said that they assigned personnel at the newly opened interim cell landfill site located in Barangay New Carmen, Tugbok District to deter scavenging activity amid Department of the Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) mandate.
PSSO Head Angel Sumagaysay said that the City Government of Davao dedicated personnel in the area and continues with a series of dialogues communities near the landfill.
“Usa ka mando sa DENR kay gi-open na ang atong temporary cell og didto nata naghulog og basura, dapat walay tao sa cell and scavengers. Dako ang [number sa] tao nga gi-dedicate didto (One directive from the DENR anent the opening of our temporary cell to which we are now disposing of the waste is to ensure that there should be no people or scavengers inside the cell. A large number of personnel have been assigned there),” he said.
He said that as their dialogue with the nearby barangays and communities continues and they continue to inform them of the hazards of entering the landfill.
“Human anang dialogue masabtan na sa tao nga bawal diay sila diha and mag caution sila sa kaugalingon nila and silingan nila nga baranagay nga bawal na diha (After the dialogue, people will understand that they are no longer allowed there, and they will be more cautious themselves and also inform their neighbors in the barangay that the area is already off-limits),” he added.
Sumagaysay added that the dialogue and monitoring will continue indefinitely.
“Padayon ang dialogue, padayon ang pagbantay, hangtod sa naa pa’y nagpasaway diha kay delikado (The dialogue will continue, and monitoring will continue as long as there are still people who refuse to comply there, because it is dangerous),” he said.
The City Government of Davao has opened a temporary cell as landfill starting June 17 as the DENR ordered the permanent shutdown of the old sanitary landfill. The interim cell which forms part of the new sanitary landfill is complete and structurally ready to receive waste. CIO