The design unit "misunderstood" it was a drainage ditch?

(Baonghean) - The irrigation canal system of Xuan Duong Lake (Dien Phu Commune, Dien Chau) was operating well, but the construction of the rescue road (Dong Nam Economic Zone) in many sections "overlapped" the entire irrigation canal system, damaging the irrigation works and causing blockage of the flow.

Mr. Nguyen Huy Dung - Head of Xuan Duong Reservoir (Dien Chau Irrigation Enterprise) said: Xuan Duong Reservoir with a capacity of over 10 million m3 provides irrigation water for Dien Phu, Dien An, Dien Loi communes...

Recently, the irrigation canal system has been seriously damaged. At the 4km long N1 canal passing through hamlets 15 and 16 of Dien Phu commune, the road construction contractor demolished the old horizontal drainage culvert, dug up the canal banks in sections K2+400, K2+900, K2+850 to build 3 horizontal culverts with a length of over 5m and a width of over 1m. The problem is that the newly built culvert mouths "protrude" into the drainage canal, causing difficulties in supplying water for rice irrigation.

The culvert "protrudes" into the canal, blocking the flow of irrigation water.

Ms. Le Thi Nguyet in Hamlet 15, Dien Phu Commune was upset: "They dug up the canal bank to build a culvert but did not fill it with soil, instead creating a deep hole, two children once fell into the hole and almost drowned." Nearby is the main canal system, people also dug horizontally to build a culvert "overlapping" both sides of the canal roof that had been solidly built. Road to the Eastern Economic ZoneMaleThe construction also "infringed" on the irrigation system of the main canal, the N3 canal. These sluice gates are higher than the bottom of the canal, so they obstruct the flow. The N1 canal alone irrigates 99.6 hectares of rice in the two communes of Dien Phu and Dien Loi, the N3 canal irrigates the communes of Dien Phu and Dien Tho with an area of ​​over 160 hectares of rice. Currently, the water supply is very difficult, many areas are not irrigated due to obstruction. The worrying thing is that when rolling the traffic route above, it will certainly affect the canal roof.

Mr. Nguyen Van Le - Director of Dien Chau Irrigation Enterprise added: Before constructing the above two traffic works, the investors did not have any opinions or ask for permission from the irrigation management unit but arbitrarily handed over the site to the construction unit, encroaching on the drainage canal system of Xuan Duong reservoir. Faced with the above situation, on January 1, 2012, Dien Chau Irrigation Enterprise sent a document to relevant units. At the same time, the Enterprise and the irrigation management cluster of Xuan Duong reservoir issued a document to temporarily suspend the construction of the traffic roads in the overlapping sections. Recently, the investor, Dien Chau District People's Committee, sent technical staff to inspect and made temporary solutions. Specifically, they built water retention sluices at the mouth of the village culvert to prevent irrigation water loss. However, that temporary solution still did not overcome the consequences. The flow was still obstructed, affecting the irrigation of many rice fields.

Mr. Nguyen Van Ba ​​- Head of the Department of Industry and Trade of Dien Chau district explained: The rescue route is 18 km long, with a total investment of over 160 billion VND, but it has now been reduced to 30 billion VND. During the construction process, some parts overlapped with the canals, but we have a solution, so it will not affect the irrigation works. This is also because the design unit "misunderstood" that it was a residential drainage ditch, which led to this situation.

The current problem is that the investor (People's Committee of Dien Chau district) needs to discuss with Dien Chau Irrigation Enterprise to come up with a reasonable construction plan that does not damage the canals to ensure irrigation water for winter-spring and summer-autumn rice.

Van Truong