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A mobile machine is installed to pump water and irrigate the dry-season crop of paddy in Tbong Khmum province on December 19. MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES AND METEOROLOGY
Three provinces spruce up irrigation systems
Wed, 23 December 2020
Agriculture and water resources officials in the provinces of Pursat, Battambang and Banteay Meanchey are continuing to rehabilitate and expand a number of sub-canal systems while also repairing and raising the height of dams used to store water for irrigating dry season crops.
Yim Bun Rom, director of the Banteay Meanchey provincial Department of Water Resources and Meteorology, told The Post that after they finish repairing the dams, which were damaged by the recent floods, his team would cooperate with agriculture officials and local authorities to help dig, restore and expand some sub-canal systems to facilitate the use of water by farmers who have rice fields in the highlands.