In the winter -spring crop this year, Kim Son district (Ninh Binh) implemented a plan to cultivate rice on an area of nearly 8,000 ha. However, at this time, taking water in many communes is facing many difficulties due to salinity. The putting water into the field has not guaranteed the plan, many newly opened sewers have to close due to the salinity exceeding the permitted level.
At Thuong Kiem cooperative, this year's winter -spring case plans to cultivate over 300ha, with most of the land area to get water from the tide. However, due to the deep salinity, bringing water into the field to make soil is deadlocked. In previous years, the first water discharge in the upstream hydroelectric lakes has basically provided enough water to plow and make soil, but this year only grant enough water for 1/3 of the cultivated land area The whole commune.
Mr. Vu Ngoc Thuc - Director of Thuong Kiem Cooperative said that at present, the whole commune has only 35% of the area of winter -spring fields with enough water to make cultivated land.
"In order to ensure enough water for people to cultivate, here, our cooperatives will focus on pumps to maneuver to get water from tidal water sources" - Mr. Thuc said.
Mr. Pham Van Dien - Head of Rach Lang Pumping Station (Kim Son District) said that the most difficulty now is that the water level of Vac River is low, if operating the machine will lead to an increase in current, the risk of fire causing fire and broken machine.
“In the past few days, the pumping station has to measure saline and water, send workers to be on duty 24 hours to run, ensuring safe operation for equipment. At this point, if the water level of Vac river increases, we will pump water immediately so that people can have water to sow ” - Mr. Dien said.
According to Mr. Pham Hong Giang - Head of the branch of exploiting irrigation works in Kim Son district, in the face of the current shortage of water production, the branch has mobilized people to maximize people in areas that do not get water to get water to come to water to come to Supporting areas with tidal sewers to get water to serve saline and checking, when ensuring the quality of irrigation water, it will open up to 100% of the drainage sewers to serve irrigation water for people.
Mr. Tran Anh Khoi - Deputy Head of Agriculture and Rural Development Division of Kim Son district said that for 8,000 hectares of land for cultivating winter -spring crop in the whole district, there has been enough water for irrigation for about 5,000ha The remaining will wait for the 2nd flush.
"With areas with water, the district is focusing on directing localities to quickly make land, cultivate in time, and at the same time increase the protection of good land with water without salinity. That, the district directed the localities to coordinate with the branch to exploit irrigation works regularly to measure salinity and information to the people to take the initiative in irrigation and determination not to let salinity penetrate the field "- he Khoi said.
