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Airy Hall breach sealed

Jan 05, 2014 News

 

The ruptured Airy Hall irrigation canal dam which resulted in flooding of some 500 acres of rice over the weekend has been sealed by a contractor hired by the Region Two Administration.
Sheet piling and bags of stones were installed along the ruptured border of the damaged dam to stop the massive overflowing of water into farmers’ rice land, at Airy-Hall/Riverstown.
The breach occurred as a result of a dislocation of a section of the irrigated canal dam, aback of Airy Hall. Farmers alleged tampering of the dam by another farmer, who was seen installing a six-inch pipe into the dam in an effort to garner water into his rice field.
Reports were subsequently filtered to members of the Region Two Administration but they only responded after the breach had worsened, eventually flooding acres of young rice. A number of rice farmers in the Airy Hall/Riverstown are struggling to save acres of their crop which was submerged under four feet of water, since harvesting is scheduled to commence early February.
Meanwhile, farmers say that the dam needs to be properly monitored by officials of the Region. They have also emphasized the need for vigilant rangers to patrol the area in an effort to avoid vandalism of the dam.

 

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