Water shortage

As reported, Ong Kinh Lake locating in Nhon Hai Commune of Ninh Hai District with its design capacity of 800,000 meters cubic to provide water for more than 200 hectares of grape, onion and garlic has been in shortage water during recent months.  Currently, some areas of Thuan Nam, Ninh Phuoc, Bac Ai and Thuan Bac districts in Ninh Thuan Province are also suffering severe shortage water due to less rainfall during past two years. In order to preserve water for irrigation during the dry period, many households have to spend tens of millions of dong for digging ponds and drilling wells to get water; however, not everyone is lucky enough to access the groundwater. According to Vice Chairman of Ninh Hai District People's Committee Vo The, this is the first time in the history that the local people have faced the early severe shortage of production water.  In order to deal with drought situation, the province built an over 11- kilometer water pipeline through many drought … [Read more...] about Ninh Thuan struggles against prolonged drought

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