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NIA Completes P30.332-million Zinundungan RIS in Lasam, Cagayan

Monday, May 10, 2021 - 15:13

 

NIA Region II – Under the leadership of Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has recently completed the P30.332-million Zinundungan River Irrigation System (Zinundungan RIS) located at Barangay Sicalao, Lasam, Cagayan. The project was inaugurated on May 10, 2021.

Zinundungan RIS, whose water source comes from Sicalao River, includes gravity/ogee-type diversion works with an ogee length of 52.4 meters and a height of 2.60 meters. One unit of sluice gate (3 meters x 2 meters) has a discharge capacity of 2.050 cubic meters per second. The project aims to provide sustainable agricultural development in the municipality by optimizing the irrigation potential of the system.

With a service area of 2,938.78 hectares and operational area of 2,127.53, the project will provide timely and reliable irrigation water supply to 23 barangays in the Municipality of Lasam, Cagayan, benefitting 1,639 farmers and their families.

NIA Top Management Officials, headed by Administrator Visaya, are looking forward to the socio-economic benefits of Zinundungan RIS in the Municipality of Lasam. The Management coined the project as a game changer in the agricultural development of the province.

JALAUR Project 6.11% ahead of Schedule amidst the Pandemic

Monday, May 3, 2021 - 08:41

 

NIA Central Office – The Project Management Office (PMO) of the Jalaur River Multi-Purpose Project Stage II (JRMP-II) reported that the over-all physical accomplishment of the project is 6.11% ahead of its target for the first quarter of the year during the joint virtual meeting with the office of Senate Minority Leader Senator Franklin Drilon this Thursday, April 29, 2021.

As of March 31, 2021, 37.83% is the recorded over-all physical accomplishment of JRMP-II, considering its Government of the Philippines (GOP) and Loan Proceed (LP) components, versus its 31.72% target for the same quarter.

Acting Project Manager of JRMP-II, Engineer Jonel Borres highlighted during the said briefing the ongoing works of an international contractor, DAEWOO Engineering and Construction (DEC) such as the foundation preparations for the 109-meter Jalaur High Dam as the impounding dam of the project. This is to ensure the stability and structural integrity of the project. Also, the 10.65-meter downstream coffer dam is being constructed in the Jalaur High Dam. This is the third structure constructed by DEC for the care and diversion of the river.

NIA Completes 4 Irrigation Projects in Bohol

Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - 16:47

 

NIA Region VII – Under the leadership of Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) has recently completed four irrigation projects with an aggregate cost of P913.7 million in the Province of Bohol amidst pandemic.

These projects are 1) P645-million Benliw Small Reservoir Irrigation Project (Benliw SRIP) located in the Municipality of Ubay, 2) P260-million Catigbian Small Water Impounding Project (Catigbian SWIP) located in the town of Buenavista, 3) P4.5-million Oghob Small Irrigation Project (Oghob SIP) in the town of Batuan, and 4) P4.2-million Kagawasan Communal Irrigation Project (Kagawasan CIP) in the Municipality of San Miguel.

Benliw SRIP, whose water source comes from Pasanan Creek, is a medium-scale irrigation development project which includes the construction of a 21-meter-high zoned earthfill dam with a length of 517 meters, a reservoir with a catchment area of 5.60 square kilometres that can store 2.86 million cubic meters (mcm) of water, irrigation and drainage canals, and other appurtenant structures. The project is expected to provide timely and reliable irrigation water supply to 400 hectares of agricultural land in barangays of Benliw, Emelda, Cagting, and Sinandigan, benefitting 600 farmers and their families.

NIA and MWSS turn over financial support to Bulacan farmers

Thursday, March 18, 2021 - 18:15

 

Quezon City – The National Irrigation Administration (NIA), headed by Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya, and Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage System (MWSS), headed by Chairman Reynaldo V. Velasco, conducted the Ceremonial Turnover of P16.25 million worth of financial support to 6,500 farmers of Angat-Maasim River Irrigation System (AMRIS) Federation of Irrigators Association, Inc. represented by IA President Guillermo N. Mangaluz on March 15, 2021 at MWSS Board Roard, 5th Floor, Administration Building.

NWRB, through Director Sevillo D. David, Jr., proposed to MWSS an equitable cash compensation plan for Bulacan farmers who were affected by the reduced water allocation for irrigation for Dry Season of 2019. In this regard, NIA assisted in the selection of qualified beneficiaries. MWSS formally instructed its concessionaires, Maynilad Water Services, Inc. and Manila Water Company, Inc., to make necessary payment as compensation to the farmer-beneficiaries.

AMRIS IA Federation President Mangaluz expressed his gratitude to all agencies who made the financial support possible.

“Labis po kaming nagpapasalamat sa tulong at financial support na ipinagkaloob ninyo sa aming mga magsasaka. Malaking bagay po ito para sa pamilya ng mga magsasakang Bulakenyo”, he said.

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