Mobilizing forces to save nearly 50 hectares of rice covered by duckweed

Due to the impact of the rains on the night of May 24 and the morning of May 25, the whole province experienced very heavy rain, with nearly 400mm of rain in Ky Anh district alone, causing flooding in many localities in the district, damaging many areas of crops and rice that were about to be harvested.

In Ky Phong commune, the rainfall measured 380mm, causing flooding of 115ha of rice. Due to heavy rain, a large amount of water hyacinth from the rivers in the area was pushed to cover nearly 50ha of rice of people in the villages: Trung Phong, Thuong Phong and Ha Phong.

Taking advantage of the high water level, local authorities mobilized mass organizations and villagers to push water fern out of the fields to save the rice.

Chairman of Ky Phong Commune People's Committee Vo Tien Suu said: "Because the amount of water fern floating in is so large that it covers all the rice fields, we have mobilized all our forces and people have prepared tools to push the water fern out of the fields. After that, we will hire a machine to scoop the water fern out of the water to prevent the water fern from continuing to drift into the rice fields when there is heavy rain and the river water rises."

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