Nearly 600 hectares of summer-autumn rice are at risk of dying due to dry, cracked fields.

For many days now, there has been no rain in Do Luong district, the fields in many places are dry and cracked, and there is not enough water for production.

This summer-autumn crop, Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong - Hamlet 4, Da Son Commune, has 7 sao of rice fields, however, up to now, she still cannot weed or prune because there is no water.

Hundreds of hectares of rice fields of Do Luong people have no water for pruning. Photo: Thuy Hang

Sharing the same concern, the family of Mrs. Dam Thi Tam - Quyet Thang hamlet, Giang Son Tay commune is also anxious because the rice is ready to be pruned, but there is no water. Many large cracks have appeared in the field, and many rice stalks even show signs of drying out.

Giang Son Tay commune is a remote and difficult area of ​​Do Luong district. This summer-autumn crop, the commune planted 136.8 hectares of summer-autumn rice, however, up to now, 50 hectares of rice area still have no water. Mr. Dang Xuan Quang - Chairman of Giang Son Tay Commune People's Committee said: "The prolonged heat has caused 8 large and small lakes and dams serving agriculture to almost dry up, causing difficulties in the commune's drought prevention work."

The communes of My Son, Giang Son Dong, Giang Son Tay (Do Luong) are experiencing severe drought. Photo: Thuy Hang

In the summer-autumn crop of 2019, Do Luong planted over 7,000 hectares of rice. Currently, many communes are still facing many difficulties in drought prevention such as: My Son, Giang Son Dong, Giang Son Tay, Bai Son, Dai Son.

Currently, Do Luong district has 560 hectares of summer-autumn rice in 13 communes severely affected by drought. Meanwhile, the water reserves in the dams have almost dried up by June 18. 43/79 dams have less than 30% of their water reserves, 23 dams have completely dried up. The cause of the drought is partly due to prolonged heat, partly due to the reservoirs being built a long time ago and not being regularly dredged, with a lot of sediment and little water reserves.

Many lakes and dams in Do Luong district have very little water left, not enough to serve the summer-autumn rice crop. In the photo: Dong Thieng dam, Giang Son Tay commune at dead water level. Photo: Thuy Hang