DIPOLOG CITY, Nov.
28 (PIA) – A total of P123.5 million has been earmarked for the two irrigation
projects currently implemented by the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) in
this city.
Dionisio Solutorio,
head of the institutional services division of NIA-Zamboanga del Norte told the
Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that P23.5 million was allotted for the
construction of a communal irrigation project in barangay Diwan and P100
million for the repair and rehabilitation of the Dipolog Communal Irrigation
System, which covers 1,087 hectares of rice fields in six barangays.
Solutorio also
disclosed that the Diwan irrigation project would benefit 65 rice farmers.
In a related development,
NIA has also allocated P120 million for the completion of the communal
irrigation project in Sindangan town with an irrigable area of more than 1,000
hectares.
NIA-Zamboanga del
Norte Provincial Irrigation Manager Carlos Sabado has also expressed his
gratitude to Congressman Rosendo S. Labadlabad of the province’s second
district for facilitating and helping in the release of said funds.
The construction of
irrigation systems throughout the country seeks to complement the government’s
efforts to improve rice production to attain food security in the country. (JPA/FPG/PIA-Zamboanga
del Norte)