Bengkulu - The Bengkulu City Government (Pemkot) has proposed the rehabilitation of irrigation networks in the region to the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) RI.
This was done because the condition of the irrigation network in Bengkulu City is still a pressing homework, a number of primary and secondary irrigation channels currently require serious attention to support the smooth production of agriculture.
"For the initial repair, the focus is on the tertiary irrigation network," said Head of Infrastructure and Advisory Facilities of the Bengkulu City Food and Agriculture Directorate Henry Dona in Bengkulu, Wednesday, quoted by Antara.
By proposing irrigation rehabilitation to the Ministry of Agriculture, it can accelerate the repair of infrastructure which has been the main support for people's agricultural activities.
He said that this step was taken as part of an acceleration strategy while waiting for the realization of a large-scale rehabilitation program from the central government.
Then, a team from the Ministry of Agriculture through the Directorate General of Land and Irrigation of Agriculture has directly descended to the field to conduct an actual condition review.
Based on the initial mapping results, there are five points that are the priority of handling, each with a length of about 100 meters.
"Four points are in the Singaran Pati District and one point in the Teluk Segara District. In general, the irrigation condition is not very good, so it needs gradual handling," said Hendry.
He explained that the improvement of the tertiary network had been carried out by involving technical teams from the Ministry of Agriculture who came directly from Palembang to ensure that the repair process was carried out according to standards.
Therefore, the city government hopes that with the synergy between the regions and the center, the improvement of the irrigation network can be completed immediately and have a real impact.
Because, irrigation infrastructure that functions optimally and can increase water distribution to agricultural land, so that farmer productivity can be boosted.
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