These last days of February, in the fields of the coastal district of Hau Loc, farmers are going to the fields to focus on caring for and irrigating 6,200 hectares of crops for the 2025 spring crop, including more than 4,500 hectares of rice.
By February 2025, the irrigation system of Hau Loc district has 568.99km of canals. Of which, Hau Loc district Irrigation Branch manages 90.42km; commune-owned canals manage 478.57km, ensuring irrigation and drainage for more than 6,000ha of agricultural land. For canals managed by the district irrigation branch, only 29.93km of canals have been solidified, the rest are earthen canals; for intra-field canals managed and exploited by communes and towns, only 286.74km of canals have been solidified with concrete and bricks, the rest are earthen canals, so they are often subject to sedimentation and erosion. The cross-section of rivers and drainage canals is narrowed due to trees encroaching on the riverbed and canal bed. Floating objects on the river and canal (water hyacinth) obstruct the flow...
In order to prepare to provide enough irrigation water for the people in the 2025 winter-spring crop production area, Hau Loc District People's Committee has focused on directing communes to continue dredging canals, water intakes and water storage canals for pumping stations to operate; manage freshwater sources for economical and effective irrigation; prepare oil pumps to combat local drought; review and convert some coastal crop areas that are often affected by salinity to aquaculture. Since mid-2024, Hau Loc District has mobilized communes and towns to carry out irrigation work in the first phase of 2024. As a result, the entire district has dug and filled inter-commune and intra-field canals with a total volume of 33,680m3 of mud and soil (an increase of 34% compared to the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Committee) and cleared 535,010m2 of duckweed and grass (an increase of 7% compared to the plan assigned by the Provincial People's Committee). By December 2024, Hau Loc district had mobilized communes, towns and units in the area to simultaneously launch the second phase of irrigation work in 2024. Immediately after the district launched the campaign, localities and units focused on human resources; mobilized vehicles, machinery and equipment to clear water fern, water spinach, and waste causing blockages in the irrigation and drainage canal systems. The entire district mobilized 34,806 working days to dredge 45.9km of inter-commune canals and 106.8km of intra-field canals with a total excavation volume of 30,057m3 of soil. Actively clearing grass and collecting duckweed on inter-district, inter-commune and intra-field canals with a volume of 362,927m2... At the same time, clearing trees and waste on the corridor of irrigation works, returning open space to the canal bed and corridor of irrigation works, contributing to improving irrigation and drainage efficiency, serving agricultural production, preventing natural disasters, creating a bright, green, clean and beautiful environmental landscape.
Hau Loc District People's Committee has focused on directing communes and Hau Loc Irrigation Branch to continue dredging canals, water intakes and water storage canals for pumping stations to operate; manage freshwater sources for economical and effective irrigation; prepare oil pumps to combat local drought; review and convert some coastal crop areas that are frequently affected by salinity to aquaculture. Units and localities in Hau Loc district have synchronously implemented solutions to overcome difficulties, combat drought and salinity intrusion in the 2025 winter-spring crop. Communes in the eastern part of De canal have dug and built internal drainage canals to proactively store freshwater for agricultural production when the pumped water source is affected by salinity intrusion.
Present at Hau Loc Irrigation Branch - the contracted unit to provide irrigation water for farmers to plant and care for 4,500 hectares of spring rice in 2025 in the district. "In December 2024, salinity has penetrated deep into the coastal area of Hau Loc, at Loc Dong sluice the salinity is 4 parts per thousand. The branch has directed the affiliated irrigation groups and clusters to assign officers and employees to take shifts 24/24 hours at pumping stations and water intakes along the Len River, measuring and checking the salinity every 15 minutes, so that when there is a source of fresh water, the sluices can be opened and closed, and the pumping stations along the Len River can be operated at full capacity. Take water from Loc Dong sluice and make the most of the water source returning from Hoang Hoa district through the hospital sluice into Tra Giang river to provide irrigation water for communes and towns to care for rice, especially during hot weather when the rice is forming panicles and flowering. Currently, the entire spring crop area in the district has enough water for sowing and irrigation, the crops are growing and developing well" - Mr. Nguyen Thanh Chinh, Director of Hau Loc Irrigation Branch, shared.
In recent months, Hau Loc Irrigation Branch has proactively developed and implemented specific plans to serve irrigation water for the spring-summer crop. For areas where drought and local water shortages are forecasted, the branch has planned to install oil pumps and field pumps to pump water for service. Proactively inspect and evaluate the production capacity of 26 pumping stations to repair damage, prepare necessary materials and equipment, and ensure that 100% of pumping stations operate well when required. Assign staff and workers to stay in the area to take shifts at the project's focal point, main canal system, dredge suction tanks, channels, irrigation canals of pumping stations, irrigation canals of the systems to ensure smooth water channels from the focal point to the fields. The branch has dredged the canals managed by the unit with a total length of 23.4km, suction tanks, canals of pumping stations with an excavation volume of over 10,000m3 of mud and soil; 50,300m2 of grass and duckweed serve to lead water smoothly from the project site to the fields, proactively pumping and storing fresh water early and sufficiently for the operation of the in-field pumping stations.
In order to create conditions for coastal communes in Hau Loc district to proactively provide fresh water for irrigation, Thanh Hoa province and Hau Loc district have been investing in the construction of a number of irrigation works in Hau Loc district. Typical works that have been completed and put into use include: consolidating the canal from Thon Hau pumping station, Phu Loc commune to Hoa Loc commune, consolidating Lien Hoa canal (Hoa Loc commune), consolidating irrigation canal in Thuan Loc commune, consolidating Ha Xoan canal (Cau Loc commune)... effectively promoting investment capital to serve irrigation water for crops.
Article and photos: Thu Hoa
Source: https://baothanhhoa.vn/chu-dong-phuc-vu-nuoc-tuoi-va-chong-xam-nhap-man-cay-trong-240750.htm
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