Community effort to clean shores of Lake Lanao begins
LANAO DEL SUR --- Volunteers collected on Saturday tons of wastes from the shores of the majestic Lake Lanao, inspired by the environmental-protection efforts of Malacañang.
A Meranao environmentalist, Haroun Al-Rashid Lucman, former vice governor of the defunct Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, told reporters Sunday the activity was initiated jointly by the Lanao del Sur provincial police, provincial and municipal executives and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.
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The downstream gush of waters from the lake to the seashores of Lanao del Norte province propels hydroelectric plants supplying about three-fourth of Mindanao’s daily power needs.
“We ought to thank the mayors, their chiefs of police, the local communities and the provincial government of Lanao del Sur for helping us clean the shores of Lake Lanao. More of such activities will be initiated soon,” Mukaram said.
He said their clean-up drive, supported by Islamic theologians in Lanao del Sur, was inspired by the environment-protection efforts of President Rodrigo Duterte.
Lucman said he is certain the newly-created BARMM environment and natural resources ministry, led by Abdulrauf Macacua, will focus on programs meant to protect the Lake Lanao, whose water comes from rivers that spring from mountain ranges around it.
Hataman banned through an executive order in 2012 all logging operations in tropical rainforests around Lake Lanao.