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PRESS RELEASE
NIA MIMAROPA - One of the big-ticket irrigation projects in Oriental Mindoro amounting to P890M is up for inauguration this March 2022 – the Bongabong River Irrigation Project.
Bongabong River Irrigation Project has a design service area of 6,000 hectares with a 5,500 cubic meters design flood which will benefit about 3,000 farmer beneficiaries and stakeholders in the municipalities of Bongabong, Roxas and Mansalay in the said province.
Construction of this project includes the intake structure with over 41 kilometers of Main Canal and 45 kilometers of Lateral Canals, complete with irrigation structures and facilities which were constructed since 2012 which generated numerous jobs for the people.
Currently, Bongabong River Irrigation Project serves as a dependable supplemental source of water for the 2,095 hectares of rice fields from various existing communal irrigation systems in the area. This irrigation system has also generated 4,152 hectares of potential irrigable area.
Aside from Bongabong RIP, 20 other irrigation projects are scheduled for inauguration this month. Regional Manager William P. Ragodon ensures that implementation of these projects is in accordance with NIA’s vision to provide efficient irrigation service for the inclusive growth of the country and in the improvement of the farmers' quality of life particularly in these trying times.
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Email: mimaropa@nia.gov.ph