There are thousands of small dams in danger of unsafe

At present, there are still thousands of small dams in danger of unsafe, which need to be prioritized, but due to limited budget, the demand is not met.

Facing the above situation, the General Department of Water Resources, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed to the Government to assist in repairing and upgrading reservoirs for some localities with a budget of VND 2,917 billion.

This is also a key task of the industry to serve the flood and storm prevention in 2012.

In order to effectively implement flood and storm prevention in 2012, the General Department of Irrigation has proposed to increase the level of investment for basic investigation, scientific research and investment in irrigation development. multi-sector economic, safety against natural disasters and social security, increasing investment in the work of minimizing environmental pollution in the system of irrigation works and for the management of exploitation and protection of aquatic works profit.

In particular, the General Department of Water Resources also proposed the Government to implement the Decision on prevention and mitigation of natural disasters in regions, regions, long-term research program to overcome the situation of distraction between the two Red River - Duong River to ensure safety of river dyke system.

In addition, to ensure the key tasks and multi-sectoral service in socio-economic development, it is necessary to strengthen and unify the operation to facilitate the management and operation of the hydraulic system. benefit for multi-level, drainage, flood and storm prevention and flood prevention, and at the same time improve the capacity of analyzing, forecasting and preventing natural disaster prevention and operation effectively .

Implementing flood and storm prevention in 2011, the General Department of Water Resources and the Department of Crop Production, Department of Management of Dykes and Flood Control advised the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development to submit to the Government for support of 5 periods. fees to combat drought and restore irrigation works after floods and storms for localities with the amount of VND 587.17 billion; coordinate with the Electricity of Vietnam Group to regulate the discharge through electricity generation from Son La, Hoa Binh, Thac Ba, Tuyen Quang reservoirs, water supply and drainage, irrigation of the Winter-Spring crop 2010-2011 in midland and copper provinces in the North.