San Miguel Plans to Grow Crabs to Stop Floods At Bulacan Airport
SAN MIGUEL -Philippine beer giant San Miguel plans to grow mud crabs to stop floods at Bulacan airport.
The San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is one of the Philippine’s largest conglomerates. The company continued its support for the government under President Rodrigo Roa Duterte as the country is a step closer to getting a bigger airport. It will soon rise in Northern Luzon.
The airport in Bulacan might even eventually replace the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It is more spacious and state-of-the-art. The planned P734 billion is expected to accommodate 100 million passengers annually and decongest the air traffic at NAIA.
The New Manila International Airport project in Bulacan is expected to earn “trillions of dollars” once finished. The airport can also provide more livelihood opportunities to the Bulaqueño. Last year, SMC gave a sneak peek of the proposed design for NMIA.
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One of the problems SMC is facing is the perennial flooding in the north of Manila. Based on a report from Bloombers, the company is will use mud crabs to stop the flooding.
SMC said they will plant 190,000 mangroves in coastal areas to prevent the flooding at the site. They will also grow 100,000 mud crabs monthly to protect the 10-hectare mangrove plantation.
According to the report, SMC president and COO Ramon S. Ang said mud crabs can be a sustainable source of livelihood for the people in the area. For him, its important to address the environmental concerns first before investing over P700 billion for the airport.
“These flood mitigation measures are all integral to airport development,” he said.
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