Facing the developments of hot weather, drought, saltwater intrusion and the risk of water shortage for production and daily life, the People’s Committee of Soc Trang province has just issued a Plan to prevent and combat heatwave, drought, water shortage, and saltwater intrusion. dry season in the province in 2024.
According to the plan, localities and units in the province need to proactively respond quickly and promptly and strengthen the implementation of measures to prevent and combat heat, drought, water shortage, and saltwater intrusion.
Focus on mobilizing all resources to effectively prevent and combat heat, drought, water shortage, and saltwater intrusion; Do a good job of preventing salinity and storing fresh water to serve people’s production and daily life needs, minimizing damage caused by heat, drought, water shortage, and saltwater intrusion.
The province also requires good spirit and preparedness, adequate materials and means to respond when heat, drought, water shortage, and saltwater intrusion occur according to the motto “four on the spot” .
Localities need to develop plans and scenarios appropriate to their management areas, take advantage of support from capital sources, and ensure minimal damage to production and people’s lives. Use water resources scientifically, economically, effectively, reasonably, and thoroughly prevent water loss and waste.
At the same time, speed up the construction progress of projects under construction to put them into operation and exploitation, promptly prevent salinity and store fresh water to serve production and people’s livelihood in the dry season.
Strengthen, advise and guide people to comply with recommendations and warnings of the farming industry not to sow the 2024 Summer-Autumn rice crop in areas without stable fresh water; Cultivation should only be organized when there has been widespread rain or in areas with a stable water supply.
Review areas at risk of water shortage to proactively organize solutions to ensure domestic water supply, have specific water distribution plans for each period and make reasonable adjustments when water sources are lacking. shortage to ensure adequate water supply for daily life during periods of heat, drought, water shortage, saltwater intrusion…
Mr. Huynh Ngoc Nha – Director of Soc Trang Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said: At this time, salinity is at a high level. To ensure safety for production, the province’s agricultural sector has directed functional agencies to properly operate irrigation works and advised people to store water for production and daily life.
The Department also requested localities to proactively increase information on the situation of water resources and saltwater intrusion on mass media so that people can respond promptly; Use fresh water economically and effectively, and share water resources in local production activities.
In addition, localities also need to proactively check water sources before using water for pumping or irrigation in agricultural production, and comply with the instructions and recommendations of specialized industries during peak drought periods. , saltwater intrusion…
According to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Soc Trang, the situation of salt water intrusion in the province from the beginning of the dry season until now has been complicated, peaking from February and March 2024. The localities most affected by drought and salinity are in Tran De, Long Phu and Ke Sach districts; Although the remaining localities have dikes and sluices to prevent salinity and store fresh water, they are still at risk of being affected if saltwater intrusion is severe and prolonged.
According to Soc Trang Provincial Irrigation Department, the situation of saltwater intrusion in the dry season in Soc Trang in 2023-2024 is early and at a higher level than the same period in the dry season in 2022-2023. According to Long Phu district’s own statistics, there are over 6,000 hectares of rice, Tran De district has over 512 hectares of third-crop rice being sown and at least over 1,600 hectares are affected by reduced productivity due to lack of water or saltwater intrusion; Of which 43 hectares of rice were recorded as completely damaged.
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