He said the river is already too narrow and heavily silted that it can no longer accommodate the big volume of water being discharged from upstream, inevitably resulting in severe flooding in Dagupan City during prolonged heavy rains. Rodolfo Dion, a former top official of the second Pangasinan Engineering District, during the resumption of public consultation by the committees on public works and infrastructure, and on Transportation of the Sangguniang Panlungsod on Tuesday. THE narrow and silted river Pantal-Sinocalan River is one of the main causes of severe flooding in Dagupan City.
