Nearly 1,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice in Hung Nguyen are at risk of burning.
(Baonghean.vn) - For more than a week now, nearly 1,000 hectares of rice in Hung Nguyen district that are preparing to tiller have been facing a serious water shortage, even at risk of burning to death.
Up to this point, Ms. Nguyen Thi Lap in Ky hamlet, Hung Tay commune still cannot prune the 6 sao of AC5 rice that was sown nearly a month ago. “The land is dry and cracked, the rice is stunted, the leaves are all yellow. Every day I go to the field, hoping for water to come back to prune and fertilize the rice to help it tiller, but it is hopeless. At this rate, in just a few more days the rice will dry up and die,” Ms. Lap said.
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| Ms. Nguyen Thi Lap with her family's rice fields that are parched and at risk of dying from the sun. Photo: Phu Huong |
These days, people in Hung Thang commune - Hung Tay are facing severe drought. “For the past 25 days, there has been no water in the fields. The rice plants are stunted, not pruned, and even the sandy soil areas have begun to wither. Without water, in just a few days, 30 hectares of highland rice will die,” Mr. Phan Van Hien - Head of the Hung Thang Agricultural Cooperative is worried.
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| Leaders of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development and the district Irrigation Enterprise inspected the drought situation in Hung Thang commune. Photo: Phu Huong |
According to information from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hung Nguyen district, due to the severe heat wave occurring over a large area, water sources in the entire Cau Muou canal system, the Ke Thap dike, Hoang Can river, and Gai canal are all exhausted, and most pumping stations are not operating.
According to Mr. Hoang Duc An - Head of the District's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development: The serious water shortage has been going on for more than a week now with nearly 1,000 hectares of rice suffering from drought, of which more than 2/3 is direct-sown rice area. The most worrying areas are Hung Tay, Hung Yen Nam, Hung Yen Bac communes and some areas of Hung Dao, Hung Thang communes... Meanwhile, this is the stage when the rice plants are preparing to tiller, needing water for care and fertilization.
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| The 12/9 water source pumping station, which has been irrigating 800 hectares of rice since the morning of June 12, has been unable to operate. Photo: Phu Huong |
Mr. Thai Van Hung - Director of Nam Irrigation Company Limited said: Currently, the unit is directing the Nam Dan area to focus on pumping water, from today (June 13), all pumping stations in Nam Dan will be closed to concentrate water to fight drought in Hung Nguyen. At the same time, directing rotational irrigation pumping to concentrate water to Hoang Can canal, North of Hung Nguyen, Vinh area and Nghi Loc area to have timely water to serve rice cultivation after sowing.
