Waste of more than 37 billion VND pumping station

With an investment of more than 37 billion VND, My Tai pumping station (My Tai commune, Phu My district, Binh Dinh province) is expected to help farmers cope with drought and change crop structure. However, for many years this pumping station has not been operating, the infrastructure has degraded.

My Tai pumping station invested more than 37 billion VND but has not been put into use yet.

My Tai pumping station belongs to the green growth project and has been invested in construction since June 2019. The investor is the Binh Dinh Provincial Agricultural and Rural Development Project Management Board, the design unit is the Central Institute of Training and Applied Science, and Thuy Duong Construction Company Limited is the construction unit.

The project has a total investment of more than 37 billion VND, put into use since October 2020, including items such as: dam, embankment, electric pumping station with a capacity of 900 m3/hour taking water from La Tinh River, main pipeline system - branch of water-saving irrigation with a total length of more than 36 km.

According to the initial goal, this is a pilot project of water-saving irrigation for dry crops to cope with drought, and at the same time will help farmers increase crop crops on the same area. The project provides irrigation water for 350 hectares of agricultural land in the two communes of My Tai and My Chanh Tay (of which, My Tai is 261 hectares and My Chanh Tay is 89 hectares) to help farmers change the crop structure, instead of growing cassava with 1 crop/year as before, now they will switch to growing peanuts, watermelon, onions, shallots with 3 crops/year...

However, according to our observations, many pipes inside and outside the pumping station have begun to rust, showing signs of serious deterioration. The operator's house and residential area are always in a state of "closed doors and bolts", and the facilities here seem to have no one to look after or maintain them.

Ms. Nguyen Nguyet (residing in Kien Phu village, My Tai commune, Phu My district) said: When it was first built, this pumping station was expected to serve agricultural crops and short-term crops, but the pumping station was completed in 2020 and has not been in operation since then. It would be a waste to leave it like that.

Mr. Pham Xuan Dao (residing in Kien Phu village) also said that the pumping station was invested with a huge amount of money but not used, which is a waste. If there is no solution and it is left abandoned like this, it is a waste. My family has nearly 10 sao of land, most of which is used to grow chili. Currently, to serve irrigation, we have to use self-installed water pipes.

Discussing this issue, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Triem - Chairman of My Tai Commune People's Committee said that My Tai pumping station was built locally. After being put into operation for a short time, due to ineffective operation, this pumping station has been left as it is until now.

"In the near future, the Department of Agriculture and Environment of Binh Dinh province will hold a meeting with relevant units and investors to discuss solutions to overcome the water supply problem at My Tai pumping station," said Mr. Triem.

It can be seen that the construction of a pumping station to help people cope with drought and change crop structure is very practical, however, the process of completion and implementation of ineffective use has led to the situation of "abandoning" the project with a huge amount of money, causing many consequences. Therefore, it is necessary to have a quick solution so that the project can operate effectively, avoiding wasting state budget money.

Source: https://daidoanket.vn/lang-phi-tram-bom-hon-37-ty-dong-10301890.html