Small irrigation canal

People of De Tham commune, Trang Dinh district dredge canals to serve production.

Tran Ninh Commune, Van Quan District is a purely agricultural commune, the people's economy mainly depends on agricultural and forestry production. In order to continue to proactively provide irrigation water for people's production, in 2024, from capital sources under different programs, Tran Ninh Commune will invest in building 3 irrigation works including 1 pumping station and 2 construction works, upgrading over 1,500 m of canals (capital source over 3 billion VND).

Mr. Hoang Van Vinh, Chairman of Tran Ninh Commune People's Committee, said: From the investment resources of the State and the joint efforts of the people, up to now, the commune has 20 irrigation works, of which 5.2/7.3 km of canals have been solidified, the area of active irrigation for production has reached 86.9%. Not only creating favorable conditions for agricultural production, investment in small irrigation works and intra-field irrigation also directly contributes to helping the commune complete the criteria on irrigation and disaster prevention in new rural construction. In 2024, Tran Ninh commune will be recognized as meeting new rural standards.

Similar to Tran Ninh commune, the development of small irrigation and intra-field irrigation in Hoang Van Thu commune, Binh Gia district has achieved positive results. Mr. Nong Ngoc Kinh, Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune, said: From the investment resources of the State and the joint efforts of the people, the commune has deployed the construction of 30 irrigation works, of which the commune directly manages 26 small irrigation works and intra-field irrigation works with a length of over 12 km, 100% of the canals are solidified, the irrigation capacity reaches nearly 92% of the designed agricultural land area. Because the works have been invested in and built in previous years, in order to preserve and upgrade small irrigation works and intra-field irrigation works, in recent years, on average, each year, the people in the commune have contributed about 350 laborers to dredge all irrigation canals, organize clearing, repair minor damage, etc.

The development of irrigation in general, including small irrigation and intra-field irrigation, plays an important role in providing irrigation water for production. Therefore, in addition to the two communes mentioned above, in recent years, the development of small irrigation and intra-field irrigation has been focused on by relevant levels and sectors and achieved positive results. Mr. Vu Van Thinh, Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture and Environment, said: In order to develop small irrigation and intra-field irrigation, the unit has advised the Provincial People's Committee to issue a plan to develop small irrigation and intra-field irrigation as a basis for relevant levels and sectors to develop investment plans to develop small irrigation and intra-field irrigation associated with new rural construction; Integrate and allocate funds to complete the internal irrigation infrastructure to ensure water supply, irrigation, drainage and drainage for agricultural production and aquaculture, support investment in water storage works, and solidify canals... Specifically, from 2021 to present, from various sources, the Provincial People's Committee has balanced and integrated the allocation of more than 373 billion VND to invest, build, renovate, repair and upgrade small irrigation works and internal irrigation works in districts and cities.

In addition to the State's investment resources, from 2021 to present, on average each year, people in the province have contributed about 80,000 laborers to join hands to repair, dig, dredge, and clear canals...

From the State's investment resources and the joint efforts of the people, up to now, the province has built 2,364 small irrigation works and intra-field irrigation works. These irrigation works serve irrigation for over 6,667 hectares/crop, with an irrigation capacity of 88% compared to the design. Small irrigation works and intra-field irrigation works have made an important contribution to serving production and socio-economic development. In addition, the development of small irrigation works and intra-field irrigation works directly contributes to the completion of irrigation and disaster prevention criteria in new rural construction. Up to now, 97% of communes in the province have met the irrigation and disaster prevention criteria.

In addition to the achieved results, currently, relevant levels and sectors continue to balance and integrate resources, strengthen propaganda, mobilize people's joint efforts to invest in construction and upgrading of small irrigation works and intra-field irrigation. Thereby, continuing to create favorable conditions for the development of agricultural production of the people as well as contributing to the successful implementation of the goals and tasks of building new rural areas in the area.

Source: https://baolangson.vn/buoc-chuyen-tu-thuy-loi-nho-5050561.html