Over 1.9 thousand hectares of rice belonging to Hai Lang farmers have been flooded in recent days due to heavy rains. Picture: From crap.
According to the Hai Lang District Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, due to the influence of the cold air wave from Feb. 15 to 17, Hai Lang district sustained heavy rains, flooding many low-lying rice fields.
As of 5:00 p.m. on February 16, the entire district has been flooded with over 1,968 hectares of rice in the branching period; Some dike lines covering low-lying areas through Hai Dinh and Hai Duong communities were flooded.
Faced with the above situation, the Hai Lang District People’s Committee has ordered the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to implement plans with farmers to respond proactively.
The Hai Lang District Agricultural Sector has stepped up inspection of the flooding situation in the fields and arranged on-duty people to promptly regulate the opening and closing of the water; mobilize maximum resources to reduce the period of waterlogging; Plan dyke protection proactively, strengthen important dyke sections, raise the level of flooded dyke sections; Zoning and strengthening of the banks and waterlogging in the area according to actual conditions.
Currently, the irrigation units, the pumps continue to work at 100% capacity of the electric pumping stations and mobilize over 50 oil pumps to serve drainage.
Due to the high water level of the rivers, the drainage works are encountering difficulties.
As of 10 a.m. on February 17, over 1,346 hectares of rice are still flooded throughout the district.
The following pictures show the efforts of Quang Tri farmers to keep the rice from waterlogging in the winter spring.
Heavy rains in recent days have flooded over 1.8 thousand hectares of winter-spring rice in Hai Lang district.
Especially Hai Phong Township was flooded with 500ha/1000ha of winter-spring rice. On the morning of February 17, after many efforts to pump water for drainage, the remaining flooded area was over 200 ha.
Quang Tri farmers dug roads through people’s homes to drain water for the rice fields, which are in the tillering season.
Mr. Nguyen Van Phu’s family in An Tho Village, Hai Phong Municipality, owns 1 ha of rice which is still under water.
Flooded rice is in danger of being difficult to save, Mr. Phu’s family fell into the loss of winter-spring crops.
A Tho cooperative has mobilized all the people’s electric pumps and oil machines to pump water to save rice.
Pumping stations in Hai Lang District are also operating at full capacity, running around the clock to drain water for the winter-spring rice.
By this time, more than 1.3 thousand hectares are still under water in the entire Hai Lang district.
According to the latest report from Quang Tri Provincial Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue Steering Committee, the entire province currently has 1.5,000 hectares of winter-spring rice that is still under water, concentrated in the two districts of Hai Lang and Trieu Phong. . The rain has stopped now. In the winter-spring harvest of 2021-2022, thousands of hectares of rice in the province have been lost due to off-season rains and floods. Should it continue to rain in the following days, Quang Tri’s farmers will find themselves in a very difficult situation