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DOTr asks LRT-1 operator: Why Baclaran Station had no water supply for 4 years?

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<div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/WjHgMZTkrmY?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div><p>MANILA — The Department of Transportation said Tuesday it would issue a show-cause order against LRT-1 private operator Light Rail Manila Corporation (LRMC) over the lack of water supply at Baclaran Station.</p><p>Acting Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez said he discovered last week that Baclaran Station restrooms had no supply of water for around four years already.</p><p>He had also called out the station&#x27;s <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/5/dotr-flags-poor-conditions-at-baclaran-lrt-1-station-1751">lack of accessibility for PWDs and senior citizens, dirty surroundings and closed walkways</a>.</p><p>Speaking to ANC, Lopez said he would seek the explanation of the LRMC on the poor condition of the Baclaran Station and why it had no water supply for several years.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/11/6/unions-call-out-acting-dotr-chief-for-humiliating-lrt-1-worker-at-inspection-1345">RELATED: Unions call out acting DOTr chief for ‘humiliating’ LRT-1 worker at inspection</a></div><p>The LRMC has a &quot;modernization program&quot; of the LRT-1 stations and it is now fixing the issues in the Baclaran Station in the meantime, Lopez said.</p><p>&quot;I gave LRMC until December to finish everything, to fix the Baclaran Station. Sabi nila uunahin nila itong tubig issue,&quot; he said.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEO</strong></div><div><strong><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Kq-XY2ApaNQ?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span></strong><br/></div>

<p>Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez said he discovered last week that Baclaran Station restrooms had no supply of water for around four years already.</p>

Transportation Secretary Giovanni Lopez said he discovered last week that Baclaran Station restrooms had no supply of water for around four years already.

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DOTr seeks LRT-1 operator explanation why Baclaran Station had no water supply for 4 years

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Published November 11, 2025 10:48 AM PHT

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