The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) said it is aiming to complete the dredging of the 134.7-hectare sandbar of the Cagayan River by the first quarter of 2022. In a news release on Monday, DENR Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said 8.43% or 81,807 cubic meters of the targeted 970,962 cubic meters has so far been dredged since the start of operations in June.

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