event site.Photo by He Xi
China News Service, Deyang, April 25 (Reporter He Xi) “We have a local proverb that ‘mango seeds are busy planting, and the summer solstice is abandoned’.” On the 25th, Tan Guiqiong, a villager in Baotang Village, Huanglu Town, Zhongjiang County, Deyang City, Sichuan Province In 2022, he told reporters at the launching event of spring irrigation and water release in Sichuan Province that the current goal of the whole village is to plant all rice before and after planting.
According to Tan Guiqiong, Baotang Village currently has five large grain-growing households, with a total area of nearly 1,000 mu. After the Minjiang River water was brought to the Renmin Canal Project in the Dujiangyan Tank Area, the local grain production has increased a lot. “Our place has changed from the old dry area to the current big granary.”
Local villagers are busy planting rice.Photo by He Xi
It is reported that Baotang Village in Zhongjiang County is located in the tail water of the Dujiangyan Irrigation District. In the past, water supply for spring irrigation often encountered difficulties. In November 2021, the Sichuan Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Development Center was officially established. By continuing to promote the integrated reform of the irrigation area, centralized and unified command and dispatch of the construction, management and operation of the Dujiangyan irrigation area will be carried out. It has played an important role in improving the water supply service capacity of the irrigation area, especially the water supply guarantee capacity of the tail water area.
Water conservancy is the lifeblood of agriculture, and ensuring spring irrigation is to ensure food security. According to statistics, in 2022, more than 28 million mu of rice in Sichuan Province is planned to be planted (including winter paddy fields and rainfall), of which about 20.92 million mu of water conservancy projects will be planted, and the water demand will be about 5.8 billion cubic meters.
Local villagers are busy planting rice.Photo by He Xi
According to Li Yonglin, deputy director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Water Resources, the overall situation of spring irrigation in Sichuan this year is improving. At present, the total water storage of various water conservancy projects in the province is 8.352 billion cubic meters, and the effective water storage is 6.324 billion cubic meters, accounting for 94.08% of the water storage plan at the end of the flood season, an increase of 424 million cubic meters over the same period of last year and an increase of 141 million cubic meters over the same period last year. . The effective water storage is 524 million cubic meters more than the water requirement for planting. All kinds of water conservancy projects, especially the large and medium-sized irrigation projects that play a key role, are running normally, and can complete the task of planting and planting in the spring.
It is reported that in 2022, the Sichuan Dujiangyan Water Conservancy Development Center will invest more than 43 million yuan for the maintenance and renovation of the irrigation area project. A total of about 106 kilometers of canal maintenance and renovation have been completed. At present, the water delivery conditions have been fully restored and improved. Up to now, about 230 million cubic meters of water have been delivered to the hilly irrigation area, and about 1.2 billion cubic meters of water have been stored in the irrigation area, which has provided sufficient water sources for the smooth progress of the spring irrigation water work and effectively guaranteed the spring irrigation water in the hilly irrigation area and the tail water.
In addition, according to the forecast of the meteorological department, from April to June, except for the Tuojiang River and the Bailong River, a tributary of the Jialing River, the inflow of the main rivers in the province was 1-30% lower, and the inflow of the other rivers was basically the same or more than normal. On the whole, the overall situation of various preparations for spring irrigation in Sichuan Province this year is good. (Finish)Return to Sohu, see more
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