1,200 hectares of rice in Hung Nguyen withered due to drought

(Baonghean.vn) - Severe drought, dry rivers, streams, lakes and dams, and suspended pumping stations have caused thousands of hectares of summer-autumn rice in Hung Nguyen to fail.(Nghe An)withering, facing the risk of burning to death.

Mr. Nguyen Huu Ly (Hamlet 8A, Hung Yen Nam Commune) lamented: My family has nearly 6 sao of land in the field of Hamlet 8, currently waiting for water but the streams and dams in the area are all dry; this year is too dry, there is a high risk of having to abandon it.

Up to this point, the entire Hung Yen Nam commune has only been able to cultivate 206 hectares of rice, and there are still 175 hectares of summer-autumn rice fields waiting for water. Of which, the commune has a policy of converting about 100 hectares to grow corn and other dry crops, but it must also wait for rain to be able to prepare the land and sow.

Many rice fields in Hung Yen Nam and Hung Nguyen communes have withered due to lack of irrigation water.

Mr. Nguyen Van Hieu - Chairman of Hung Yen Nam Commune People's Committee said: In recent days, the commune has mobilized people to dredge the canal to drain water to save the rice, but it has only been able to supply water to nearly 40 hectares. Currently, 2/3 of the commune's pumping stations have stopped because there is no water, the remaining station is operating at a low capacity. Many oil pumps have been mobilized to drain water for irrigation of the rice, but the situation has not improved.

In Hung Yen Bac commune, there are still 60 hectares that cannot be planted. Meanwhile, 200 hectares of rice are in a state of withering, the fields are dry and cracked due to lack of water. Mr. Dinh Xuan Lam, hamlet 2A, Hung Yen Bac commune said: "My family has 6 sao of rice land, currently 50% of the area is still abandoned waiting for water to plant the summer-autumn crop because the summer-autumn crop is over. 3 sao of rice have been planted, but the fields are now dry and cracked, the rice has withered due to the heat for the past month."

Khe Ranh, Hung Yen Nam commune, dried up, leaving many areas without water for summer-autumn production.

Currently, the Gai canal that supplies water to the commune has dried up, so the commune's pumping stations can no longer operate. Although the commune has mobilized oil pumps to pump water to save the rice, it cannot improve the situation because the source has dried up. In recent days, the commune has had to ask for help from the Van Hong pumping station of Hung Trung commune to pump irrigation water, but because the pumping is against the source, it is ineffective.

Many fields in Hung Yen Bac commune have been plowed and hoeed by people waiting for water...

Up to now, Hung Nguyen has cultivated 4,100 hectares of summer-autumn rice. Prolonged drought has dried up water sources from rivers, streams, lakes and dams, causing more than 1,200 hectares of summer-autumn rice to be severely water-deficient, of which more than 700 hectares of rice have withered and are at risk of burning; concentrated in the communes of Hung Yen Nam, Hung Yen Bac, Hung Phuc, Hung Tay, Hung Loi ....

Thanh Tam