Thursday, April 21, 2022 - 07:54
NIA Region XII – NIA Senior Deputy Administrator (SDA) Benny D. Antiporda, together with NIA SOCCSKARGEN Regional Manager Diosdado A. Rosales, led the ceremonial inauguration of the Ground Floor of the New NIA Region XII Office Building located at NIA South Cotabato-Sarangani Irrigation Management (SCSIMO) Office Compound, Koronadal City on April 7, 2022.
Regional Office and SCSIMO personnel were present during the event. Once completed, the 1,800-square-meter three-storey building worth P220 million will accommodate the transfer of regional office personnel from Midsayap, Cotabato, and South Cotabato-Sarangani Irrigation Management Office employees. This will finally establish the new home of NIA Region XII, along with other Regional Offices, in Koronadal City, the regional seat and center of the SOCCSKSARGEN Region, by virtue of Executive Order (EO) 304 issued in March 2004 by then President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
SDA Antiporda expressed his gratitude for the warm welcome from all employees of NIA Region XII. He then reminded all the employees to take good care of the said government facility as it comes from the taxes of the Filipino people. He further committed to follow-up the release of the remaining P87 million budget to support the overall completion of the building. |
Wednesday, April 13, 2022 - 16:09
NIA Region XI – With the goal of providing efficient, reliable, and sustainable irrigation service to 980 hectares of agricultural land in the Municipality of New Corella, Davao del Norte, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) conducted the Soft Inauguration of the P622-million Upper Saug River Irrigation Project on April 8, 2022.
NIA Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, together with Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance Sector Ralph Lauren A. Du, led the inaugural ceremony of the said project. Its components include the construction of a diversion dam and its irrigation facilities, project facility, supplemental drainage, road system, and slope protection works.
Started in 2016 and programmed for completion by December 2022, the project will benefit 310 farmers and their families. Initially, the completed structures can already serve an area of 407 hectares of farmland with 141 farmer-beneficiaries of San Roque, Sto. Niño, Suawon, Limbaan Irrigators Association (SARONISULIA), Inc. The remaining 8.78 kilometers of Lateral D, E, F, and G Canals and one unit of canal structure will eventually serve an additional area of 573 hectares with 169 farmer-beneficiaries from two IAs. |
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 13:51
NIA UPRIIS – With its continuous pursuit of providing improved delivery of irrigation services to the Filipino farmers, the National Irrigation Administration – Upper Pampanga River Integrated Irrigation Systems (NIA-UPRIIS) led the inauguration of four NIA projects on March 18, 2022 in the Province of Nueva Ecija.
NIA Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, together with Deputy Administrator for Administrative and Finance Sector Ralph Lauren A. Du, led the inaugural ceremony of the following projects: 1) P28.604-million Jaen Solar Irrigation Project located in the Municipality of Jaen, 2) P18.895-million Natividad Solar Irrigation Project in the Municipality of Gen. Mamerto Natividad, 3) P68.9-million Automated Rizal Dam and Headgates, and 4) P7.003-million Electro-Mechanical Steel Gate of the Pampanga River Irrigation System (PRIS) in the Municipality of Rizal. These projects have an aggregate cost of P123,403,455.24. These projects will collectively provide an easier and more efficient irrigation water regulation to an approximate total irrigated area of 147,158 hectares of agricultural land in five cities and 30 municipalities in four provinces namely, Nueva Ecija, Bulacan, Pampanga, and Tarlac, benefitting about 102,092 farmers and their families. |
Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - 11:34
NIA MIMAROPA – A total of 6,795.50 hectares of agricultural land in MIMAROPA Region will now have an access to a reliable and sustainable irrigation service as the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) inaugurated and turned over 21 irrigation projects with an aggregate cost of P1,173,812,000.00 to the farmers and irrigators associations (IAs) in MIMAROPA Region on March 29, 2022. These irrigation projects will provide agricultural and socio-economic benefits to a total of 1,784 farmers and their families.
NIA Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya led the Inauguration and Partial Turnover of the P890.15-million Bongabong River Irrigation Project located in Barangay Lisap, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. Started in CY 2012, the project was completed in CY 2021 with a service area of 5,859 hectares covering the municipalities of Bongabong, Roxas, and Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, benefitting 1,250 farmers and their families. |
