The Department of Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that as of 5:00 p.m. on February 9, the area with water for the 2024-2025 Winter-Spring rice crop in the Northern Midlands and Delta was 439,795 hectares, reaching 90.0% (up 1.42% compared to February 8).
Agricultural land in Tan Phong commune (Vu Thu district) has been watered to prepare for spring rice planting. Photo: Vu Quang/VNA
Specifically: Thai Binh has 100% water intake area, followed by Nam Dinh 99%, Ha Nam 99%, Phu Tho 96.5%, Hung Yen 94.5%, Ninh Binh 92%, Bac Ninh 91%, Hai Duong 88%, Hai Phong 81%, Hanoi 74%, Vinh Phuc 70%.
According to the Department of Irrigation, compared to some previous years, the progress of water intake is about 10% faster. The reason is that after the first phase, localities continued to operate irrigation works to take water during the high tides during the Lunar New Year and areas with rain with common rainfall from 5 - 25mm (in many places rainfall reached from 35 - 60mm), so the watered area increased quite quickly (before the second phase increased by about 50% compared to the end of the first phase).
Some provinces have lower water areas compared to the region such as Hanoi and Vinh Phuc because the water level during the high tide period during the Lunar New Year is low, so the operating time is shorter (Bach Hac pumping station only operates 25/528 hours, reaching 4.7%; Dai Dinh pumping station can only operate 49/528 hours, reaching 9.3%). However, both localities have higher progress compared to the same period in some years.
Currently, 7/11 localities have completed the water intake plan. The remaining areas without enough water (accounting for about 10% of the total cultivated area) are mainly in areas with difficult water supply, so the progress is relatively slow. Some localities still need to maintain the flow at a level sufficient for field pumping stations to operate.
The average water level measured on February 9 (as of 3 p.m.) at the Hanoi Hydrological Station reached 1.91 m, the highest at 9 a.m. was 2.13 m. The weather from last night and today in the Northern region has had insignificant light rain.
With the additional flow from hydroelectric reservoirs, irrigation works have been renovated, repaired, and upgraded to meet the conditions for water intake. Coastal localities have taken advantage of high tides to operate water intake when salinity conditions permit.
The Department of Irrigation requested the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of provinces and cities to direct management and exploitation units to continue operating means to get water.
The National Power System and Electricity Market Operation Company directed relevant units to operate at maximum power generation capacity to increase water resources downstream, raising the average water level at the Hanoi Hydrological Station to about 1.7-1.9 m, creating conditions to improve the water intake efficiency of irrigation works.
Vietnam Electricity Group directed relevant units to provide a guaranteed power source so that localities have enough electricity to operate projects during the water collection period.
The total sowing area for the 2024-2025 Winter-Spring crop of 11 provinces and cities in the region is planned to be 488,615 hectares.
According to Bich Hong (Vietnam News Agency)
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