Threatened
The Kaliwa Dam Project which was labelled as Metro Manila’s key to solve water shortage has been long controversial since the government secured a loan for its construction in 2018. Many groups until today continuously oppose its construction because of the effects that it will bring mainly to the people of Barangay (village) Daraitan in Tanay, Rizal.
The dam’s construction threatens to submerge hundreds of hectares of land including the village of Daraitan, which consists of approximately 1,000 households. Their homes, together with their livelihood, are expected to be wiped out.
There is no exact date when the construction will commence, but this does not mean that the people have won. The order to construct still stands. The threat still exists.
In the presence of the Dam, only the water from the river system stays, but Daraitan and its people, together with the lives that they were used to, will be gone, submerged in the depths of it.
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Photographs and text by Maverick Asio
Written for Visual Literacy Module — Asian Center for Journalism, Ateneo de Manila University
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