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Over 40,000ha of rice to be hurt by saline intrusion in Hau Giang

Over 40,000ha of winter-spring and summer-fall rice in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang will be hurt by saline intrusion this year.
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Hau Giang (VNA) – Over 40,000ha of winter-spring and summer-fall rice in theMekong Delta province of Hau Giang will be hurt by saline intrusion this year,said chief of the Office of the provincial Steering Committee on Natural DisasterPrevention and Control and Search and Rescue Tran Thanh Toan. 

Accordingly,salt water is forecast to encroach onto Long My district, part of Long My, ViThuy, Phung Hiep districts, Long My and Nga Bay townships and Vi Thanh city.

The shortageof fresh water will occur in Long My township, Vi Thuy and Phung Hiepdistricts, and Vi Thanh city.

Hau Gianghas built hundreds of dykes, upgraded and repaired a number of sewers, and drainedtens of canals in drought and saline intrusion-drone areas. The province alsobuilt stations to gauge salinity and water level in major estuaries.

Thecommittee is grasping situations to devise salinity forecast and warning plans aswell as raising public awareness of storing fresh water to ensure sufficientwater supply during the dry season.

The provincehas also partnered with localities to provide support for households in risk oflacking fresh water, especially poor and near-poor households, policybeneficiaries, and ethnic minority groups.

Hau Giang isforecast to face saline intrusion from February and the peak period of March-May.-VNA 
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