On April 20, the Management Board of Investment and Construction of Irrigation 8 (Ministry of Agriculture and Environment) said that the unit will continue to deploy the construction of a branch canal system under the Ia Mor Irrigation Reservoir Project, ( Ia Mor Commune, Chu Prong District, Gia Lai Province) according to the approved scale.
The project has a total investment of more than 3,000 billion VND, serving the irrigation needs of over 17,700 hectares of cultivated land. Phases 1, 2 and 3 of the project deploy an irrigation canal system for about 9,275 hectares.
Gia Lai province will continue to expand the beneficiary area by 6,160 hectares, including 1,055 hectares of agricultural land for people being cultivated and 5,105 hectares of land for ineffective rubber cultivation, which have been planned to be converted to agricultural land.
In order to avoid wasting water from Ia Mor Lake, Dak Lak province also proposed extending the main canal and branch canal system to Ia Ru commune (Ea Sup district). This is to solve the problem of lack of water for production that has lasted for more than 20 years for people in the new economic zone, and at the same time provide irrigation water for about 4,700 hectares of agricultural land in the locality.
In Gia Lai, after the irrigation area is expanded, the province will continue to attract high-tech agricultural projects to sustainably develop the area. The authorities are updating and adjusting the land use planning for the period 2021-2030 and developing a land use plan in accordance with the project implementation progress.
Ia More Irrigation Reservoir has a dam located on Ia More Stream ( Ia More Commune). When completed, the project will provide domestic water for about 50,000 people living around the lake area and the canal system.
In addition to the function of irrigation and domestic water supply, the project also plays an important role in regulating floodwaters downstream, protecting the environment, generating electricity, aquaculture and developing eco-tourism.
