Mud and rocks buried fields, irrigation works damaged... after flood in Quy Chau
Xuan Hoang - Quang An•October 13, 2023 08:34
(Baonghean.vn) - Fields buried by mud and rocks, landslides; many irrigation works severely damaged... are the reality in many localities in Quy Chau district, even though half a month has passed since the historic flood. The risk of abandoning the next crop is present.
Clip: Quang An - Xuan HoangQuy Chau district was the locality that suffered the most damage during the heavy rains at the end of September; in which, many irrigation works serving production were severely damaged. In the photo: Khe Tut spillway in Minh Chau village, Chau Hanh commune was built in 2008, serving as a water source for irrigation of rice crops in Minh Chau village. In the recent flood, Khe Tut spillway was completely damaged, no longer able to store water for production. Photo: Quang AnAccording to the reporter's observation, the entire ditch and spillway of the Khe Tut spillway project was broken in half, many sections of the water channel were broken and drifted along the stream. Farmers in Minh Chau village are extremely worried because if they do not repair it in time, they will not have water for production next spring and will have to abandon the field. Photo: Xuan Hoang The fields in Ke Ninh village, Chau Hanh commune were also completely buried. Mr. Le Van Chien - Head of Ke Ninh village said: Under this layer of mud and soil are dozens of hectares of rice of the people ready to harvest, now lost. 120/198 households in the village have crop areas washed away and buried by floodwaters. Now it is very difficult to improve the land because the workload is too large, human power is not enough, need to hire machines but people now have no money to hire... Photo: Quang AnMs. Lo Thi Lien, a resident of Chau Hanh commune, sadly looked at the rice plants that were about to be harvested and were now covered in mud. She said that her family had only relied on a few acres of rice, but now the plants were all dead and the soil was polluted. She did not know when she would have rice to eat. Photo: Xuan HoangAccording to statistics, in the entire Quy Chau district, more than 850 hectares of rice were buried and completely damaged. Food sources for people are expected to be in short supply in the coming time. Photo: Quang AnHalf a month after the historic flood, the submerged rice fields have now sprouted. A representative of the Chau Thang commune government, Quy Chau district, said: It is very difficult to restore production because the old soil layer has been covered with a nearly 1 meter thick white sandbank. Some fields have been abandoned, and the government is looking for a plan to arrange new reclamation sites for people. Photo: Xuan Hoang People in Quy Chau district are still "sitting on fire" with many worries, while the damage of the flood has not subsided, currently, many areas of production land continue to be eroded, deeply eaten into, and pieces of land are swept into the water. Photo: Quang AnThe sugarcane field of Mrs. Mac Thi An in Ke Ninh village, Chau Hanh commune was broken, covered with a layer of mud, tree trunks... Although the flood has passed, it is very difficult to restore the sugarcane area because most of the trees have been broken in the middle of the trunk and base. Photo: Xuan HoangMany areas of aquaculture ponds and lakes of local people were also cracked and washed away. Mr. Quan Vi Sinh's family in Minh Chau village, Chau Hanh commune had 3 fish ponds, which were completely washed away, causing damage of over 100 million VND. However, the restoration is very difficult because there is no funding, not only that, hiring excavators to dig the land at this time is very difficult because the machines in the area are also being used to the fullest to overcome the damage caused by floods in other areas. Photo: Quang An
Mr. Luong TriCourage-Head of Agriculture Departmentand District Rural DevelopmentQuy Chausaid: After the flood, the district continued to review the extent of damage and propose solutions. However, the difficulty is that the area of rice, vegetables, and fish ponds buried by rocks and soil is too large, the layer of soil is thick, and excavators must be used to restore it, but local funding is limited, making it difficult to implement simultaneously.
"If there is no plan to soon rebuild the damaged irrigation works and the fields buried by the recent floods, many fields will have to be left fallow in the upcoming winter and spring crops, unable to produce," Mr. Dung worried.
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