By
Susan C. Aro
LA
TRINIDAD, Benguet –Organizers of the second “Balili River Day” today (Sept. 16)have
set activities that would sustain awareness and support in cleaning up and
revitalizing the river.
The
Balili River System and Revitalization Coalition (BRSRC) with members from
local government units, concerned agencies, academe and nongovernment
organizations in Baguio City
and La Trinidad will start
activities with a with a motorcade and parade followed by a short program
complemented with exhibit and display of products.
Participants
from this town will hold a motorcade from the provincial capitol here at 7 a.m.
to the Baguio Convention Center to join
participants from Baguio City for a parade.
From
the Baguio Convention Center, the parade will proceed to Session Road Extension
to Upper Session Road then Masaysay
Avenue and ends at the Baguio People’s
Park for a short program.
Participants
will bring along during the parade their own “bayong” or recyclable bags or carry bags with the
logo “Save Balili River, Count Me In” as a tagline of the initiatives of the
BRSRC for the river system.
Presentation
of winning pieces and entries to the Balili River jingle contests would also be
held.
Bands
from the University of the Cordilleras (UC), and Benguet State University (BSU)
among others will also perform. A documentary on the Balili River will also be
shown.
Exhibits
of researches, posters, gadgets, equipment, bamboo seedlings and products that
have something to do with the agency’s initiatives for the rehabilitation of
the river such as recycled goods, food among others will also be on display.
The
one day event is apart from clean up drives and other relevant activities being
carried out along the river system.
The
Balili River system has its headwaters
in Baguio City and flows midstream to
this town and down to Sablan
municipality which in turn drains into Naguilian River.
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