Jun Torres

October 7, 2008
Manila Bulletin

Casecnan irrigation project to benefit 8,800 NE farmers
Bay Magtanggol C. Vilar

SCIENCE CITY OF MUÑOZ, Nueva Ecija – The implementation of the irrigation component of the giant Casecnan Multi-Purpose Irrigation and Power Project (CMIPP) is right on track for its scheduled completion by December, this year.

National Irrigation Administration Casecnan Project Manager Alex Coloma said Phase I of the irrigation component of the P6.7-billuion CMIPP project is already 97 percent complete.

Coloma reported that P2.4-billion irrigation projects under Phase I have been completed and are ready for inauguration in December.

He said the newly completed complexes arethe P608-million rehabilitated Peñaranda River Irrigation System (PENRIS) under contract package S1 and the P1.7-billion new irrigation areas under contract packages S2 and S3.

The Casecnan irrigation network covers 16,879 hectares of farms in 67 barangays in the Muñoz, and the towns of Guimba and Talugtog in Nueva Ecija, and Victoria in Tarlac. A total of 8,839 farmers will be benefited by the irrigation facilities.