Tan Ky mobilized more than 6 billion VND to repair canals for the 2018 Spring crop production.

(Baonghean.vn) - Striving to complete more than 13,000 crops in the 2018 Spring crop, localities in Tan Ky district simultaneously built new and upgraded intra-field canals to ensure irrigation water sources.

Localities in Tan Ky district are focusing on building internal canals to serve production. Photo: Phuong Thao

Nghia Hoan commune has more than 677 hectares of cultivated land, of which the area of ​​​​rice fields is more than 339 hectares. With 9.5 km of intra-field canals, of which 4.5 km have been concreted, the remaining area is being invested in by the commune to build new ones in the Spring crop this year.

With the method in Nghia Hoan commune, to concrete 1km of canal in the field, the commune supported 20 tons of cement, people contributed money to buy sand and gravel, hired workers to do the work. In just a short time, the locality completed 1,231m of concrete canal, ensuring safety with a total cost of 744 million VND.

The canal in Bich Thai 2 hamlet, Nghia Thai commune is being newly built by farmers. The hamlet committee and the people decided everything from design to construction; mobilized all households to contribute labor days so that the project could be completed soon. This method is considered effective by the people because it saves costs and ensures the quality of the project according to the people's wishes.

Along with the canal consolidation, the commune focused on building irrigation traffic, building embankments, and dredging main canals. With the motto of the state and the people working together, this spring, Nghia Thai commune concreted more than 2km of intra-field canals with a total cost of 1.5 billion VND, of which the people contributed more than 250 million VND.

Tan Ky currently has 320 km of canals, providing irrigation for more than 4,800 hectares of rice and more than 9,000 crops of all kinds. This year, Tan Ky district plans to repair and build 6 km of canals, with a total investment of more than 6 billion VND, taken from the source of irrigation fee compensation and support for rice development.

The district has directed localities to coordinate with construction units to speed up the construction progress. Up to this point, some localities have completed the repair and construction of new intra-field canals; other communes have also achieved 80% of the work volume, striving to put them into use by the end of December 2017 to serve farmers in sowing on schedule.

Phuong Thao