The Provincial People's Council's monitoring delegation worked with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development on the implementation of policies and laws on investment, management and exploitation of irrigation works.

On June 26, the Provincial People's Council's monitoring delegation led by Mr. Tran Minh Nam, member of the Provincial Party Committee, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Economic - Budget Department, had a working session with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) on thematic monitoring of "Implementation of policies and laws on investment, management and exploitation of irrigation works in the province, period 2016-2022".

According to the report, in the period of 2016-2022, with the attention of the Government, the Central Ministries and branches have supported the province with funding to invest in developing the irrigation system in accordance with the Ninh Thuan Provincial Irrigation Planning, gradually creating a synchronous, modern, and highly interconnected irrigation infrastructure system. Of which, 1,789 irrigation projects and works have been invested and implemented with a total implementation cost of nearly VND 4,651 billion. Ensuring the exploitation, management and effective use of water resources for daily life and production in a cost-effective and sustainable manner, minimizing damage caused by natural disasters and responding to climate change. Units and localities assigned to manage, exploit and operate the works regularly inspect and evaluate the current status of the works, thereby improving the efficiency of the works after investment. To date, the province has 22 reservoirs with a total storage capacity of 414.29 million m3, 4 large dams, and 90 small dams. The canal system is 2,244 km long; dykes and embankments to prevent riverbank and coastal erosion are 62.5 km long.

Comrade Tran Minh Nam, Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department, Head of the Provincial People's Council's Economic - Budget Committee, led the delegation to supervise at the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development.

In addition to the achieved results, the investment, management and exploitation of irrigation works still face some difficulties such as: Unfavorable weather conditions affecting the completion of construction items according to the approved schedule; compensation and site clearance work still takes a long time; funding sources for investment in the construction of irrigation infrastructure systems are still limited; violations of the protection scope of irrigation works by some individuals and organizations are still quite common; comprehensive investment in work items serving dam safety management according to regulations has not been made due to lack of funding...

Concluding the working session, the Head of the Provincial Party Committee's Propaganda Department noted that in the coming time, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development will continue to focus on ensuring the safety of dams and dykes; allocate a balanced and reasonable capital source to serve the work of ensuring the safety of dams and dykes; closely coordinate with local authorities in decentralizing management, maintenance, and effective exploitation of invested irrigation works and systems, and effectively use water resources. With the recommendations of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Monitoring Delegation noted them to forward to the Provincial People's Council and People's Committee for consideration and resolution.

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