Risk of "losing" many areas of Summer-Autumn rice crop

Many areas of Summer-Autumn rice crop in Thanh Oai district are still flooded.

Tens of thousands of hectares of rice flooded

In the 2024 Summer-Autumn Crop, Mr. Nguyen Duy Toan's family (Yen Trinh village, Hoang Van Thu commune, Chuong My district) planted more than 2 hectares of rice. Due to the recent prolonged rain, his family's entire rice field along the Bui River was flooded.

 

In the 2024 Summer-Autumn crop, localities in Hanoi will cultivate a total of 70,670 hectares of rice. Of which, high-quality rice varieties put into production account for more than 62% of the total area. The city strives for a Summer-Autumn crop yield of about 6 tons/ha.

“The water overflowed the dike, causing the entire field to be flooded more than 1 meter deep. It will probably take a few weeks to completely recede. My family considers this a total loss,” Mr. Toan sadly shared.

Chairman of the People's Committee of Hoang Van Thu Commune, Le Hoai Thi, said that the total area of ​​​​rice cultivation in the commune is about 300 hectares. The recent rains have caused more than 100 hectares of rice to be deeply flooded. "Areas that have been flooded for up to 5 days are almost ruined..." - Mr. Thi added.

Statistics show that, in Chuong My district alone, the water level of the Bui River rose above alert level III, overflowing the Bui dike for 2 kilometers in the past few days, causing nearly 2,400 hectares of rice fields of people in 13 communes to be flooded. Currently, in many areas of the Summer-Autumn rice crop, the water has not yet receded.

Meanwhile, in Thanh Oai district, another large rice granary of Hanoi, the total area flooded due to prolonged heavy rains is even larger, about 3,800 hectares. It has not rained for the past 2 days, but many areas of Summer-Autumn rice are still deeply flooded.

Statistics from the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue of Hanoi City show that flooding also occurs in most localities with Summer-Autumn rice production such as: Quoc Oai 1,400ha, Ung Hoa 900ha, Gia Lam 450ha, Dong Anh 400ha... Many areas are deeply flooded and at risk of being "completely lost".

Workers operate drainage to prevent flooding at the West Hanoi Drainage Pumping Station (Yen Nghia Drainage Pumping Station).

Irrigation "stretches" to prevent flooding

One of the reasons why many areas of the Summer-Autumn rice crop in Hanoi were deeply flooded was because of the heavy rainfall that the localities had to endure in a short period of time. The water level in rivers and irrigation reservoirs simultaneously rose above the alarm level, flooding the fields.

Head of Vinh Phuc Pumping Station (Quoc Oai District) Nguyen Quang Minh said that to prevent flooding for agricultural areas, for many days now, the staff and workers at the station have been on duty 24/7, organizing the operation of 6/6 generators, focusing on draining water to protect the Summer-Autumn rice crop.

According to Head of Water and Construction Management Department (Day River Irrigation Development Investment Company Limited) Tran Anh Tuan, when there was information about the prolonged heavy rain, the unit directed the system of pumping stations to operate to drain buffer water, proactively preventing and combating flooding.

“Since July 16, staff and workers have been sleeping and eating at pumping stations, maintaining the continuous operation of hundreds of units. Up to now, although more than 6,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice under the unit’s responsibility for irrigation and drainage have been cleared of flooding, work is still ongoing because there are still many areas that have not been able to drain all the water…” - Mr. Tuan added.

Along with the Day River Irrigation Development Investment Company Limited, three other irrigation enterprises in Hanoi are also urgently implementing measures to prevent flooding for crops, especially in the context of widespread heavy rains that will recur from now until July 31.

To proactively respond to the risk of flooding affecting the Summer-Autumn rice crop, the Hanoi Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is coordinating with irrigation enterprises and localities to continue implementing the direction of the Department of Irrigation (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) in Document No. 1084/TL-VHTT on strengthening solutions to prevent and combat flooding and inundation to protect agricultural production in the Red River Delta.

In the context of continued and prolonged heavy rains, with the risk of complex impacts, the Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention, Control and Search and Rescue of Hanoi City has also issued many documents requesting departments and localities not to be subjective or negligent. Proactively develop plans to respond to natural disasters, including flooding, to minimize damage to people and property.

 

The latest news from the National Center for Hydro-Meteorological Forecasting states that from now until July 31, in the Northern region (including Hanoi), there is a possibility of moderate rain, heavy rain and thunderstorms, locally very heavy rain. Total rainfall in the delta region is from 50 - 100mm, locally over 150mm. Heavy rain is likely to cause flash floods on small rivers and streams; landslides on steep slopes and flooding in low-lying areas.

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