Excessive danger of flooding within the villages of Kalekovets, Trilistnik and Stryama when the river stage of the Stryama river rises. The regional governor of Plovdiv is on the lookout for funds to strengthen the dikes from the Ministry of Agriculture
The regional governor of Plovdiv, Prof. Hristina Yancheva convened an emergency assembly in reference to quite a few alerts acquired concerning the state of the dam “Sandbox” and the necessity for emergency cleansing and strengthening of a part of the levees Stryama river on the territory of Maritsa municipality.
The assembly was attended by the mayor of the municipality Dimitar Ivanov, the supervisor of “Irrigation programs” – Maritsa department Eng. Kostadin Cholakov, the top of the “Management” directorate on the “Basin Directorate “Jap White Sea Area” Radoslava Petrova, the deputy regional supervisor Eng. Atanas Tashkov and specialists from regional administration.
“The quantity of water within the “Pyasachnik” dam is 2 and a half occasions smaller in comparison with the identical interval final yr. The reason being the extreme drought, excessive temperatures and the necessity for water for agricultural wants,” feedback Radoslava Petrova. She emphasised that in the previous couple of days, the Basin Directorate has carried out numerous inspections, throughout which water samples have been taken and a drone inspection of the dam and its tributaries has been carried out with a view to discover out what’s the purpose for the situation of the water facility. Primarily based on this, it was established that the fish die-off within the dam is as a result of low oxygen content material at evening because of the excessive temperature and the intensive growth of algae. The most recent inspections present that every one the tributaries of the dam have dried up and solely small quantities of water are coming in from the Kalavashitsa river.
The dam is likely one of the important dams within the nation, public state property and managed and operated by “Irrigation Programs” EAD. “It’s used for irrigation and now we have not exceeded the restrict now we have been given. We even use twice as a lot as allowed. The harvest of a whole bunch of farmers will depend on this water provide, and we can’t scale back the volumes any extra,” defined Engineer Cholakov. In keeping with him, the corporate can present water transport, however there may be none. “We continually monitor the water steadiness. We’re doing the whole lot we will to extend water ranges from the Topolnitsa dam to Plovdiv by way of the Lesichovo-Stryama canal, however the ranges are low there as effectively, defined engineer Cholakov. In keeping with him, it’s tough to search out one other pressing technological resolution on this deadlock.
“Local weather change is a big problem, resulting in excessive modifications – we’re swinging from fires to floods. After extreme droughts, heavy rains come, so prevention is important. On this regard, the mayor of Maritsa Municipality alerted me concerning the poor situation of a part of the Stryama River dikes, and our specialists throughout their inspections additionally report a severe danger for the villages of Kalekovets, Trilistnik and Stryama throughout excessive water,” stated Prof. Yancheva. She introduced that an official letter to the Minister of Agriculture, Georgi Tahov, in his capability as principal of “Irrigation Programs” is about to be paid. In it, she is going to insist on allocating funds for emergency cleansing and strengthening of the essential part of the river, which begins from the northern aspect of the “Trakia” freeway and reaches the top of the land of the village of Kalekovets. It’s a almost six-kilometer stretch, a part of which was compromised over the past flood two years in the past, and the remaining is the results of erosion over time.
“The dykes of the Stryama River have been constructed 60 years in the past and should be rehabilitated alongside all the stretch, however there are not any funds for that. Subsequently, efforts are being made to safe probably the most essential factors, in order that populated areas usually are not threatened by floods,” defined engineer Cholakov. And he added that work is now underway to strengthen a piece within the area of the Karlovo municipality and there’s a public order for a 350-meter part on the territory of the Rakovski municipality. He emphasised that the division he leads doesn’t have sufficient gear and human sources to tackle new sections on the territory of the Plovdiv area, so exterior contractors are additionally being sought.
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