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GROUNDBREAKING. National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Administrator Ricardo Visaya (right) leads the groundbreaking of the Dumoloc Small Reservoir Irrigation at Barangay Portic Bugallon town, Pangasinan on Friday (Nov. 19, 2021). The Dumoloc Small Reservoir will benefit 1,484 farmers.(Photo by Liwayway Yparraguirre) BUGALLON, Pangasinan - The National Irrigation Administration (NIA) on Friday held a groundbreaking ceremony to signify the start of the construction of a PHP1.33 billion high-rise dam in Barangay Portic that would benefit agricultural lands in nine barangays here. In his message, NIA 1 (Ilocos region) manager, engineer Angelito Miguel said the zone earth-fill dam measures 40 m. in height, 300 m. in crest length, and 11 m. in crest width. "We will fill 230 meters width across the Dumoloc River. It has a spillway along its side while this project, called the Dumoloc Small Reservoir Project, also includes the construction of 4,340 km. of access road with 10 meters wid