On April 22, Vice Chairman of Dak Nong Provincial People’s Committee Le Trong Yen chaired a meeting with leaders of departments, branches, districts and cities to discuss solutions to prevent and combat drought and water shortages to serve production and people. born.
According to a report from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Dak Nong has about 10,721 hectares of crops of all kinds affected by drought and reduced productivity. Specifically, Krong No has about 4,780 hectares; Cu Jut has 25 hectares; Dak Mil has 1,496 hectares; Dak R’lap has 2,795 hectares; Although Duc has 1,320 hectares; Dak Song has 5 hectares and City. Gia Nghia has about 300 hectares.
Dak Nong has about 500 households lacking water, most of them concentrated in Krong No district.
In Tuy Duc district, the lack of domestic water occurred in Si At village, Dak Ngo commune with about 150 households.
The reason is that there is no clean water facility here or there is one that is damaged and degraded. Groundwater sources in these communes have decreased sharply, water sources in dug wells and drilled wells have largely dried up.
Currently, Dak Nong province has 32 reservoirs that have run out of water or are about to run out of water, the total capacity of the lakes is only about 40.74%.
It is forecasted that in the near future, if the weather is not favorable and there is no rain, the area of water-deficient crops in the entire province will increase to about 28,059 hectares.
At the meeting, leaders of departments, branches, localities, and reservoir management and operation units stated both immediate and long-term solutions to reduce drought. Many opinions mentioned construction measures such as investing in dredging, upgrading, and building new reservoirs; building a canal system; Support people to build small ponds and lakes, change crop structure…
Speaking at the meeting, Vice Chairman of Dak Nong Provincial People’s Committee Le Trong Yen emphasized: All levels, branches and localities focus on both immediate and long-term solutions to ensure water sources for living and production for people. , minimizing impact and damage.
The Agriculture sector increases its proactiveness in grasping the situation right from the grassroots, advising the People’s Committee of Dak Nong province to promote focused solutions to combat drought. The whole province, based on the weather forecast of the hydro-meteorological agency, needs to increase focus and drastic measures to prevent and combat drought.
In particular, focus on long-term solutions in drought prevention such as dredging, repairing, upgrading works, using reserve budget to support people in dredging and building small ponds and lakes. .
In particular, localities and the Agriculture and Rural Development sector promote afforestation activities, increase forest coverage, and sustainably manage and protect forests.
According to Dak Nong Newspaper
