A reservoir in Ea Rai Commune in Dak Lak province’s Ea H’Leo district (Photo: VNA) Dak Lak (VNS/VNA) - Provinces inthe Central Highlands region face the risk of reservoirs bursting sincehundreds of them are damaged or degraded.
The warning comes even the peak of the rainingseason has yet approached. In the Central Highlands, the rainy seasonbegins in May and ends in October.
According to figures from the Department ofIrrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the regionhas 1,150 water reservoirs and more than 5,000km of canals.
Nguyen Hoai Duong, Director of the Dak LakDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the province has nearly780 irrigation works including 607 reservoirs with total capacity of 620million cubic meters, and they have yet to undergo safety verification but showsigns of degradation.
Of note, about 102 reservoirs operated byrubber farms, plantations and rubber companies are highly unsafe,the Nhan dan (The People’s) newspaper reported.
Truong Duc Thanh, Director of the IrrigationDivision in Tuy Duc district, Dak Nong province, said most of thereservoirs in the district are damaged and unsafe after several decades ofuse.
But the allocation of funds to repair them isinsufficient, he said.
During a working tour of Kon Tum, another CentralHighlands province, Nguyen Van Tinh, head of the irrigation department, saidrelevant agencies must assess all reservoirs for their capacity to withstandbad weather and floods and the conditions of residential areas in their lowersection.
Provincial authorities are responsible for thesafety of these reservoirs and dams and agencies at district and commune levels,for small reservoirs, he said.
District and commune authorities should organiseadvanced training courses to improve the capability of officials managing thesereservoirs, educate residents on reservoir and dam safety and raise theirawareness of responding to incidents happening at these facilities, he added.
According to the Irrigation Department, 12trillion VND (518 million USD) was spent to repair 633 reservoirs, and morefunds are required for another 1,200 reservoirs around the country.
Of them, 450 were listed in a 433 million USDproject to repair and improve safety.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmenthas asked for 287 billion VND to repair and renovate 47 reservoirs in 19provinces and cities in the central and Central Highlands regions.-VNS/VNA
The warning comes even the peak of the rainingseason has yet approached. In the Central Highlands, the rainy seasonbegins in May and ends in October.
According to figures from the Department ofIrrigation under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the regionhas 1,150 water reservoirs and more than 5,000km of canals.
Nguyen Hoai Duong, Director of the Dak LakDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development, said the province has nearly780 irrigation works including 607 reservoirs with total capacity of 620million cubic meters, and they have yet to undergo safety verification but showsigns of degradation.
Of note, about 102 reservoirs operated byrubber farms, plantations and rubber companies are highly unsafe,the Nhan dan (The People’s) newspaper reported.
Truong Duc Thanh, Director of the IrrigationDivision in Tuy Duc district, Dak Nong province, said most of thereservoirs in the district are damaged and unsafe after several decades ofuse.
But the allocation of funds to repair them isinsufficient, he said.
During a working tour of Kon Tum, another CentralHighlands province, Nguyen Van Tinh, head of the irrigation department, saidrelevant agencies must assess all reservoirs for their capacity to withstandbad weather and floods and the conditions of residential areas in their lowersection.
Provincial authorities are responsible for thesafety of these reservoirs and dams and agencies at district and commune levels,for small reservoirs, he said.
District and commune authorities should organiseadvanced training courses to improve the capability of officials managing thesereservoirs, educate residents on reservoir and dam safety and raise theirawareness of responding to incidents happening at these facilities, he added.
According to the Irrigation Department, 12trillion VND (518 million USD) was spent to repair 633 reservoirs, and morefunds are required for another 1,200 reservoirs around the country.
Of them, 450 were listed in a 433 million USDproject to repair and improve safety.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Developmenthas asked for 287 billion VND to repair and renovate 47 reservoirs in 19provinces and cities in the central and Central Highlands regions.-VNS/VNA
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