Nghe An: Severe drought, fields cracked
(Baonghean.vn) - Prolonged heat has caused many fields in Hung Nguyen and Do Luong districts (Nghe An) to dry up and crack, and many areas of summer-autumn rice have withered...
| Drought in Hung Nguyen district. Clip: Quang An |
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| These days, when visiting the northern communes of Hung Nguyen district such as Hung Tay, Hung Yen Bac, Hung Yen Nam... one cannot help but be haunted by the barren, cracked summer-autumn rice fields. In the photo: The fields in Hung Tay commune (Hung Nguyen) are severely drought-stricken, the young rice is dry and withered due to lack of water. Photo: Quang An |
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| Hung Yen Bac commune - the drought epicenter of Hung Nguyen district is no exception. The rice fields are cracked in large furrows, white and white, many seeds cannot grow when sown, so the fields are sparse and barren. According to statistics, the whole Hung Yen Bac commune has 260 hectares of summer-autumn rice, however, over 150 hectares are severely drought-affected, of which 100 hectares will be completely lost if there is no rain in the next week. Photo: Quang An |
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| Mr. Nguyen Dinh Huu - Vice Chairman of Hung Yen Bac Commune People's Committee said: This is the longest and most severe drought in the commune. All three main water sources for production, Khe Ngang Dam, Giap Lang Pumping Station and Cau Ban Pumping Station, cannot provide enough water for production. It is worth mentioning that the rice is in the period of pruning and fertilizing but is facing severe drought and will have difficulty growing if the weather continues to be hot and dry. Photo: Quang An |
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| The water regulation canal system is also dry. Photo: Quang An |
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| Many fields after the spring rice harvest have no water to plow and have to be left fallow because they cannot plant the summer-autumn crop. Photo: Quang An |
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| Mr. Nguyen Tu Truong in hamlet 2, Hung Yen Bac commune, every day, braves the sun and carries a pump to each ditch to "drain water" to save the rice, however, he can only temporarily save about 1 sao, the remaining 4 sao of his family have to wait for rain. Photo: Quang An |
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| The amount of water dredged up is nothing under the scorching sun. Photo: Quang An |
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| According to statistics from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Hung Nguyen district, the whole district currently has about 1,000 hectares of summer-autumn rice suffering from severe drought. If there is no rain in the next 10 days, this area will be at risk of being completely lost. In the photo: Hung Yen Nam commune mobilizes the commune's pumps and rents additional pumps from local people to save the drought-affected rice. Photo: Quang An |
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| In Do Luong district, the drought is equally severe. In Dai Son commune, 16 lakes and dams, large and small, have all run out of water. In the photo: Cay Thi reservoir in Dai Son commune (Do Luong) has dried up. Photo: Van Truong |
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| In the entire Dai Son commune (Do Luong), there are 392 hectares of rice, of which over 220 hectares are affected by drought, many areas cannot be planted. Ms. Tran Thi Van in hamlet 2, Dai Son commune (Do Luong) said: All are "dry fields, white soil", her family has 4 sao of rice but due to drought they cannot plant and have to leave it fallow, this crop will be "hanging pots". Photo: Van Truong |
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| Cracked rice fields. Photo: Van Truong |
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| Corn fields in Thuong Son commune (Do Luong) have yellow leaves due to lack of water. Photo: Van Truong |
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| Mr. Tran Ngoc Thuan - Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Do Luong district said: Do Luong has over 100 large and small reservoirs, accounting for 80% of the reservoirs managed by the locality that are now running out of water, concentrated in the communes of Giang Son Dong, Giang Son Tay, Hong Son, My Son, Lam Son, Bai Son... This summer-autumn crop, Do Luong planted over 7,500 hectares of rice, of which about 2,000 hectares are in the reservoir area. Currently, over 600 hectares of rice in the reservoir area are lacking water, over 300 hectares do not have water to prepare the land. In the photo: Fish ponds of people in Tru Son commune are cracked due to drought. Photo: Van Truong |
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