Small dam to benefit farmers in 3 San Miguel villages
-A A +AMonday, October 8, 2012
FARMERS from three barangays in San Miguel, Iloilo can now avail of irrigation water with the inauguration on Monday of a small-scale irrigation dam in Barangay Sto. Niño.
Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. allotted P1.8 million for the project while the local government of San Miguel allotted a counterpart of P400,000.
ILOILO. Governor Arthur Defensor Sr. with San Miguel Mayor Victor Saclauso and Agriculture Director Raul Tupas inspect the check dam at Sto. Niño village before the inauguration on Monday. (Contributed photo)
The project will irrigate barangays Consolacion, Sto. Niño, and Sta. Theresa with water coming from Morubuan River.
Defensor implemented the project in 2010 in three stages, which include the construction of check dam at Morubuan, construction of a pump house and construction of concrete canal leading to the farmlands. (PR)
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