P330M Upper Chico River Irrigation System desilting and concreting nears completion

Tabuk City, Kalinga – The P330 million worth desilting and concreting of Upper Chico River is expected to be finished before the rice-planting season in Kalinga and Isabela, assured Kalinga Irrigation Management Office.

The office said the project, funded to improve water supply to the fields, will be completed by June 17, 2022.

In a report of PTV – Cordillera, it is said that the desilting project did not reach Kalinga province yet, but the cleaning of the irrigation at Quezon and Mallig is ongoing.

“Adda ti ipabulud ti Magat Dam daytoy maris nga kwa, backhoe tayo, long arm backhoe a tumulong ditoy desilting tayo. More or less 1.5 ti kwa na diay kaunegan sunga dapat a ma-desilt tapnu efficient metlang daytoy panag-ayos ti danum tayo,” stated Engr. Ferdinand Indammog, Chief of Kalinga – IMO’s Operation and Maintenance.

Meanwhile, the office called for the residents near the irrigation canal to keep their children away from playing near the irrigation to prevent accidents and drowning.

The office further advised the farmers to follow the cropping calendar, a schedule of the rice growing season, so they will not be left behind.

“Adda ti kuna tayo nga stages daytoy cropping calendar. Nu adda diay danumen, adda ti kuna tayo nga 1 to 2 weeks a land soaking tapos sumarunu daytoy land prep, nu nagmula da.

Ditoy Tabuk area, halos amin daytoy 22 kilometers ket ma-desilt ken some portions ket maikkan ti concreting na tapos idiay Quezon metlang, more or less 3 kilometers,” explained Indammog.

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