“Irrigation Techniques” will obtain further water from the “Koprinka” and “Zhrebchevo” dams in Starozagorsko – 2024-06-25 13:33:43

At a gathering with the Deputy Eco-Minister, Deputy Minister Kapitanov and the director of the state-owned firm introduced sooner or later that with investments the irrigation state of affairs will normalize

“Irrigation techniques” will obtain approval for added water portions for irrigation of agricultural areas in Starozagorsko and Slivensko from the “Koprinka” and “Zhrebchevo” dams. This grew to become clear throughout a gathering of the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Meals Ivan Kapitanov and the chief director of “Irrigation Techniques” Snezhina Dineva with the Minister of Setting and Waters Petar Dimitrov. The assembly was held on the Ministry of Schooling and Tradition on the request of the Ministry of Well being, given the disaster state of affairs with irrigation water in some areas of the nation.

Deputy Minister Kapitanov identified that due to the water drawback, the strain within the sector is excessive. “We’ve to discover a answer. Irrigation is a precedence for us,” he mentioned categorically.

Snezhina Dineva defined that based on the provisions of the Regulation on Water and the Ordinance on the Use of Floor Water, each month by the twenty sixth, the corporate submits requests to the Ministry of Inside Affairs and Communications for the usage of water from the numerous complicated dams. Such a request, on time, has already been submitted for the month of June. Throughout the assembly, it grew to become clear that out of the declared water plenty of 26 dams, a complete of seven of them have been diminished. She defined that the water is primarily used for ingesting and home wants, after which for irrigation, for power and the hydropower vegetation should adjust to the corporate’s irrigation schedule. “The vegetation are presently initially of their vegetative interval and want water for his or her regular growth,” mentioned Dineva.

Minister Dimitrov expressed his understanding of the issue and undertook to evaluate the chances of offering water from the “Koprinka” and “Zhrebchevo” dams, making an allowance for the low stage of filling of the dams.

The assembly additionally mentioned the anticipated results of the rehabilitation of the irrigation canals, which began initially of this 12 months. The primary goal of the renovation of the services is the environment friendly use of water assets by the introduction of latest and fashionable applied sciences. They are going to result in an actual discount in water losses and consumption in agriculture. Snezhina Dineva gave for instance the irrigation canal on the territory of the Shumen department, which was renovated underneath sub-measure 4.3 “Help for investments in infrastructure associated to the event, modernization or adaptation of agriculture and forestry” from the Program for the Growth of Rural Areas 2014-2020 .

“At the moment, with the identical quantity of water, we’re irrigating an extra 5,400 decares of agricultural land,” she mentioned.

With the implementation of the 24 tasks underneath the sub-measure, the irrigated areas within the nation are anticipated to extend by a minimal of 200,000 decares, and the potential water saving will likely be no less than 50%.

Within the present program interval, within the Strategic Plan for the Growth of Agriculture and Rural Areas, a funds of 100 million euros is foreseen for investments in hydromejorative infrastructure, it grew to become clear on the assembly.