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Over 17,000 hectares of rice fields in Hai Duong have been flooded.

GOING STRONG January 18, 2025 17:37

After the first water discharge from Hoa Binh Hydropower Reservoir, Hai Duong province has flooded 17,044 hectares of rice land, accounting for 33.5% of the total rice cultivation area for the 2024-2025 spring-summer crop.

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Many pumping stations in Thanh Mien district are still operating to bring water from main canals to flood rice growing areas.

The above information was provided by the Provincial Irrigation Works Exploitation One Member Co., Ltd. on the morning of January 17. Of the 17,044 hectares of rice fields that have been flooded, 3,995 hectares have been directly pumped, 4,939 hectares have been self-drained, and the rest have been other measures.

Chi Linh city, Kim Thanh and Tu Ky districts are localities that get water quickly, reaching 45.1 - 52.5% of the total rice growing area.

During this flood, the counter-tidal water intake encountered some difficulties as the salinity at many sluice gates on the Luoc, Van Uc, and Lach Tray rivers exceeded the allowable threshold (1‰) many times. The average peak water level at the An Tho and Cau Xe sluice gates (Tu Ky) was only 1.9 m, 0.1 - 0.2 m lower than the same period last year.

However, basically, the District Irrigation Works Exploitation Enterprise has taken full advantage of the recent water discharge and the tidal waters with salinity below the permitted level to pump and lead the stored water into the fields. Many pumping stations are still actively operating to continue pumping floodwater.

While waiting for the second water discharge from the Hoa Binh Hydropower Reservoir, the Provincial Irrigation Works Exploitation One Member Co., Ltd. continues to monitor salinity at many time frames during the day at sluice gates to take advantage of upstream water. From January 15 to 17, salinity measured at many sluice gates has decreased below the allowable level. At Cau Xe and An Tho sluice gates (Tu Ky), salinity measured at 7 am was only 0.2 ‰...

To ensure safety in agricultural production, minimize damage caused by saltwater intrusion, and proactively deploy response plans to adverse situations, the Provincial Steering Committee for Natural Disaster Prevention and Search and Rescue requests relevant agencies, units and district-level People's Committees to continue to strictly implement telegrams and directives from higher levels on organizing solutions to ensure water sources for agricultural production and people's lives, and prevent drought and saltwater intrusion in the 2024-2025 dry season...

In the 2024-2025 winter-spring crop, Hai Duong plans to plant 63,000 hectares, including 53,000 hectares of rice and the rest of vegetables. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Northern Delta region has 12 days to get water for the 2024-2025 winter-spring rice crop. Phase 1 is from 0:00 on January 12 to 24:00 on January 16, 2025 (5 days), phase 2 is from 0:00 on February 8 to 24:00 on February 14, 2025 (7 days).

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Over 17,000 hectares of rice fields in Hai Duong have been flooded.