Ba Thuoc invests in upgrading lake and dam system

Den Lake (Dien Ha commune) has stored enough water according to the design to serve the 2025 crop production.

Among the 167 projects assigned to the Ba Thuoc Irrigation Management Board for management and exploitation, there are 15 irrigation pumping stations, 24 reservoirs, and the rest are dams, providing irrigation water for over 5,210 hectares/year. The remaining projects are managed by the locality, most of which were built before 1984, the head parts were built, the canal system is almost non-existent, currently many projects have degraded, and their effectiveness in serving agricultural production is limited. Some dams, reservoirs, and canals are damaged and seriously degraded. Some irrigation projects still have earth dams and earth canals such as Ta Lun dam, Bo Thuong lake, Vac lake... causing disadvantages for agricultural production.

With the central and provincial budget, in recent years, Ba Thuoc district has invested in renovating and upgrading a number of irrigation works that have been put into use and promoted effectively serving agricultural production such as: Khuon lake, Chun lake, Tam lake (Thiet Ong commune), Dom dam (Thiet Ke commune), Ngoc Vit canal dam (Luong Noi commune), Pat canal dam (Ban Cong commune), Danh dam (Thanh Lam commune), Dam Tom dam (Ai Thuong commune), Bai Vang dam (Dien Trung commune), Sat dam (Ban Cong commune), Bai Ba dam (Lung Niem commune), Bai Am dam (Dien Thuong commune), Bo Duon lake and dam (Van Nho commune)...

In the first months of 2025, Ba Thuoc district continued to invest in a number of irrigation works such as: Ho Quang dam, Keo Hieng canal dam, Leo canal dam, Bai Lung dam, Mo Suong canal dam... Currently, units are focusing on upgrading and repairing irrigation works, soon putting them into service for agricultural production.

With the motto "The State and the People work together", the communes in the area have invested funds, labor, and local materials to renovate and repair dozens of irrigation works; solidly built dozens of kilometers of intra-field canals, main canals of irrigation lakes... Every year, the district and communes have mobilized the entire population to do intra-field irrigation, dredge and clear the flow of canals, repair minor damage to works, build embankments in areas and plots to retain water. In addition, the communes and villages have also promoted their internal strength to construct small works such as: temporary dams to raise water from rivers and streams to irrigate and support more than 1,000 hectares of agricultural crops.

To proactively source irrigation water for production and people's lives, ensure the safety of works before the flood season, in recent months, communes, towns and units of the Management and Operation of Water Supply and Sewerage have mobilized people to dredge, clear the flow and remove blockages; proactively inspect, reinforce and repair damages to ensure the safety of works... Up to now, communes, towns and units of the Management and Operation of Water Supply and Sewerage have mobilized cadres, workers and people to dredge suction tanks, discharge tanks of irrigation pumping stations, canals, temporarily repair damaged and degraded works with on-site materials such as steel cages, boulders... reinforce vulnerable locations with high risk of landslides. Proactively dig deeper and widen the entrances to suction tanks of pumping stations to increase the amount of water in the tanks; extend the suction pipes of some pumping stations to proactively pump enough water for crops.

Talking to us, comrade Truong Van Vinh, Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Ba Thuoc district, said: In the 2025 winter-spring crop, the entire area of 2,379.66 hectares of rice in the district has enough water for irrigation, and has now been harvested, with an estimated yield of 57.1 quintals/ha. According to the plan, in the 2025 winter-spring crop, the district will plant over 2,600 hectares of rice. Communes with lakes and dams have proactively repaired and dredged canals and developed plans to combat drought and regulate irrigation water appropriately for crop growth and development. Irrigation management units have developed plans, prepared materials, forces, and means according to the "4 on-site" motto... to specifically respond to possible construction incidents; have reasonable water storage plans for each project during the rainy and stormy season.

Article and photos: Thu Hoa

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