Review of the irrigation systems in the province
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| Mr. Tran Van Vinh, Vice President of Dong Nai People’s Committee is making a speech in the working session. |
In the session, MTV Dong Nai irrigation Limited Company said the company was recently in charge of 51 irrigation works all over the province, providing a good irrigation service in an area of 25 thousand-hectare rural land, helping to prevent saltwater intrusion in an area of six hectares per year, and supplying 9.5 million m3 of running water per year. The efficiency of the irrigation systems amounted to more than 80% of that as previously designed. Besides, the company also manages and works on over 400 kilometers of canals and channels with the annual average revenue reaching VND 14.5 billion and the income of laborers in 2010 reaching VND 3.6 million per month.
However, for the time being, the company is encountering a lot of difficulties due to the decrease of the amount of water for the irrigation structures in the dry season, and due to the serious flood in the rainy season. For the majority of irrigation systems are located in far and away areas, the company finds it hard to attract highly-skilled specialists meeting the requirements of the field, etc.
As Mr. Tran Van Vinh, Vice President of Dong Nai People’s Committee said in the working session, MTV Dong Nai Irrigation Limited Company was the main provincial unit providing irrigation and drainage service; however, the irrigation works the company is in charge of just meet the irrigational needs of 25,000 hectares (making up 10% of the manufacturing land area), which is too low. Therefore, Mr. Vinh suggested that the company should review and re-evaluate the whole operation capacity of the irrigation works. Furthermore, the handover of the irrigation works to the local authorities according to the decision by the People’s Committee needs to be made a pilot for accurate assessment. The company should also co-operate more with the localities to implement the irrigation planning, which helps to provide a better service of irrigation.Reported by Thanh Canh, Reported by Minh Minh