A 96-meter embankment, built at a cost of P10 million, has been completed by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) as part of the rehabilitation and improvement of the flood control structure to protect the low-lying barangay of Bantian in Calbayog City. “During heavy rainfall, the overflowing of water from the creek submerges Barangay Bantian in flood, including the elevated houses and barangay hall,” DPWH-Samar First District Engineer Alvin A. Ignacio said. The improved flood control structure has a widened catchment to contain a higher volume of water.
