Road Clearing in the Villages
By ARIES1973
@ARIES1973 (11553)
Legaspi, Philippines
April 22, 2025 11:11pm CST
One of my duties is to monitor the compliance of the villages to national mandates and laws. One of these laws is to ensure that the roads are free from any form of obstruction. So, recently, we conducted a Road Clearing Operations to make sure that the villages are complying with this law.
I, together with the representatives from other national agencies had an ocular inspection of the villages. The weather was good and we were able to complete the validation on several villages within the day.
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@allknowing (144204)
• India
23 Apr
That is a big resonsibility you have on your shoulders. Is there a penalty involved if rules are not followed?
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
Big responsibility indeed! This town has 34 villages. There are other laws that provide penalties but as much as possible, we try to avoid reaching that point so this activity is being conducted once every 3 months. The villages should submit a monthly report to ensure that the community is complying with the rules. What we do is remind the community of the law and if there are obstructions, we ask them to remove those.
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@allknowing (144204)
• India
23 Apr
@ARIES1973 Sometimes those obstructions could be for the survival of those concerned - just saying
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
@allknowing We are implementing maximum tolerance. During summer and harvest season, the people are using the road to dry their newly harvested rice and sometimes even occupying the entire lane.
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@psanasangma (7377)
• India
23 Apr
Seeing the clean road, I could imagine how your people really maintaining it.
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
Thanks Sanna. This place where I am currently assigned is an interior town. Reachable via land and with good roads but still far from the city. The roads are not yet congested like that of the city.
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
Yes since we validated only those village within the downtown area. We did not include coastal areas and other remote villages.
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@Shivram59 (40436)
• India
23 Apr
You are doing a great job. The pic of the village you have shared here is simply wonderful.
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
Thank you for the appreciation. It's a group effort. Other government agencies are always there to support. The chairperson of the village along with the councils are also doing their part in order to maintain a clean surrounding and an obstruction-free road.
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@Shivram59 (40436)
• India
23 Apr
@ARIES1973 Thank you. You all are doing a noble job. In our country also our government is constructing road infrastructure. People co-operate them.
Wish you all a great success.
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
Yes, but there are times when people don't comply with these rules and we need to remind them from time to time. Illegal parking, installing permanent structures on the road way, vendors along the streets are only some of the prohibited practices.
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@arunima25 (89828)
• Bangalore, India
23 Apr
That's a big responsibility and looking at the picture of clean roads we can see that it's very well done and maintained 
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
Thank you Sis! Yes, it is indeed a big responsibility, but I don't do things on my own. I'm just here to lead and guide. With the help of everyone, the task becomes lighter and easy.
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@arunima25 (89828)
• Bangalore, India
23 Apr
@ARIES1973 Yes, it is a team effort, not possible for a lone person.
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
13h
Thank you Sis Stacey. There are yet a lot to be done.
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@RasmaSandra (84189)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
23h
Sounds like you have a big responsibility and know what to do, Best of luck with the roads,
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
13h
Thank you Sis! Yes, there are still various programs which I need to monitor in the coming days. It's just one of those programs. Thank you for dropping by.
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
23 Apr
We are in the middle of summer in our place. Actually, now is the perfect time to go to the beach. I'm getting tan skin nowadays because of frequent visit to the villages.
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@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
8h
Thank you.. That's why I love my work. I don't have to stay at the office the whole day. Though, I need to prepare reports.
@ARIES1973 (11553)
• Legaspi, Philippines
13h
It's part of our job, Neil to ensure that we have a clean and accessible roads for everyone.
