Provincial People's Committee leaders inspect drought response work in Ninh Son district

On May 17, Mr. Trinh Minh Hoang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, inspected drought response work in Ninh Son district. He was accompanied by leaders of relevant departments and branches.

After inspecting the Gia Chieu stream area, visiting the fruit growing area in Lam Hoa village, Lam Son commune; inspecting the sugarcane production situation in the May stream areas 1, 2, 3, Quang Son commune and the banana growing model applying high-tech agriculture in Tan Dinh village, Hoa Son commune, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee listened to the leaders of Ninh Son district report on the drought response situation in the area. Accordingly, the locality is currently implementing the 2024 summer-autumn crop, the water source at the reservoirs is temporarily guaranteed to serve production. In particular, some communes of Lam Son and Quang Son are affected by drought, specifically: Lam Son commune, lack of irrigation water for fruit gardens of households in the Cau Khi area of Lam Hoa village, the area along Gia Chieu stream, Le stream in Lam Binh and Lam Phu villages with an area of over 200 hectares.

In Quang Son commune, if the hot weather continues for a while longer, there is a risk of water shortage for sugarcane cultivation areas of households in the areas of Suoi May 1, 2, 3, Song Dau 2, Lot 20 Song Dau with an area of over 300 hectares. Through actual inspection, the Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee said: The drought situation will continue to be severe in the coming time. Therefore, he suggested that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development coordinate with the Irrigation Works Exploitation Company Limited to find a temporary solution to create a water source to save fruit trees and crops of high economic value in the district. In the long term, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and other sectors and localities need to conduct surveys and propose to the province a plan to build a water reserve system and water pipelines to areas at risk of being affected by drought to respond to drought if it occurs in the coming time.

Comrade Trinh Minh Hoang, Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee inspected the sugarcane production situation in the areas of Suoi May 1, 2, 3, Quang Son commune.

The Vice Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee requested the Ninh Son District People's Committee to continue to be proactive and focus on implementing drought prevention work, prioritizing ensuring domestic water for people; followed by drinking water for livestock and irrigation water for perennial crops with high economic value such as durian, mangosteen, jackfruit, rambutan, etc. Implement well the plan to convert the structure of crops that use less water, and at the same time apply water-saving irrigation models in production. Continue to guide people to replicate effective crop conversion models to improve economic efficiency for families.

Kha Han

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