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Tien Giang's district launches measures to ensure production in dry season

Cai Lay district in the Mekong Delta province of Tien Giang is implementing a series of measures for natural disaster prevention in face of complicated weather developments, drought, and saline intrusion during the dry season.
Tien Giang's district launches measures to ensure production in dry season ảnh 1Illustrative photo (Source: tiengiang.gov.vn)
Tien Giang (VNA) – Cai Lay district in the MekongDelta province of Tien Giang is implementing a series of measures for naturaldisaster prevention in face of complicated weather developments, drought, and salineintrusion during the dry season.

Accordingly, it is investing more than 40.4 billion VND (1.7million USD) in building in facilities for drought and saline intrusion prevention,with a focus on dredging 28 canals with a total length of over 56 km. Inaddition, the district has repaired damaged sluices and built 11 dams to storefresh water and prevent saltwater.

Localities in the district have been requested to build plans inresponse to drought, saltwater intrusion, and natural disasters, while localfarmers must frequently get updated with related information to promptlyprotect their production.

Saltwater intrusion in the Mekong Delta will continue toincrease in March and April, according to the National Centre forHydro-Meteorology Forecasting.

The peak of saltwater intrusion will occur during high tides on March 12 -16, March 27 – April 1, April 9 – 14 and April 24 – 30.

The delta, the country’s largest rice, fruit and seafoodproducer, is facing a higher than normal level of saltwater from thesea through river mouths in the ongoing dry season. However, it is not assevere as the level of the previous dry season./.
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