On June 20, a working delegation of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee inspected and surveyed the irrigation area of Ia Mo reservoir in Ia Mo border commune.
Mr. Pham Anh Tuan - Chairman of Gia Lai Provincial People's Committee - assessed that due to inadequacies in irrigation area planning, Ia Mo reservoir has not yet fully utilized its capacity.
In the coming time, the province requests communes to closely coordinate with the Irrigation Investment and Construction Management Board 7 in the process of implementing the Ia Mo irrigation system completion project. At the same time, the project implementation must be closely linked with land use planning and raw material area planning. Thereby, maximizing the efficiency of works, creating conditions for people to expand production, increase income, gradually escape poverty and become sustainable rich.
Functional sectors of the province are assigned to develop projects and lists of priority projects to call for investment in large-scale agricultural projects in the direction of integration, green, circular, and high-tech application in Ia Mo commune.
Gia Lai province strives to soon form a modern and large-scale agricultural production area in the Ia Mo border area, creating motivation for socio-economic development and improving people's lives.
The Ia Mo reservoir project was invested by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (now the Ministry of Agriculture and Environment; total investment of more than 3,000 billion VND) to carry out the task of irrigating 12,500 hectares of arable land of Gia Lai and Dak Lak provinces.
In which, the irrigation area in Gia Lai province is 8,500ha and in Dak Lak province is 4,000ha. The project also provides domestic water for about 50,000 people, combined with flood reduction in downstream areas, power generation, aquaculture and tourism development.
Ia Mo reservoir has a capacity of 177.8 million m3 of water, of which the useful capacity reaches 162.5 million m3.
Currently, the area that has been and is being invested in irrigation systems reaches more than 7,400ha. Compared to the designed irrigation task, there is still a shortage of more than 5,000ha that has not been fully invested.
Recently, some large enterprises have decided to invest capital in border areas to build cow farms, grow bananas for export, and raise livestock...
