Bojonegoro (ANTARA News) - Drought in East Java`s Bojonegoro district has begun to affect agricultural fields with at least 2,400 hectares of rice fields in the sub districts of Sukosewu, Balen and Kapas facing harvest failure.
Coordinator of Bengawan Solo`s Water Resources Control Agency in Bojonegoro, Moelyono said here on Wednesday that some 4,471 hectares of rice fields in the subdisricts of Sukosewu, Balen, Kapas, Baureno and Kanor had been affected by the drought.
He said the rice fields used to receive water from the Pacal dam in Kedungsumger village, Temayang subdistrict, as well from the Bengawan Solo river.
But the Pacal reservoir which is able to hold 23 million cubic meters of water had almost dried up. The remaining water volume in the dam was now less than 400,000 cubic meters. This volume was not enough to supply water to the irrigation networks.
As a result, some 2,471 hectares of rice fields were facing harvest failure. "We can do nothing except wait for the rain to fall," Moelyono said.
Rice farms in a number of villages in the subdistricts of Kanor and Baureno, however, could still be saved as water still could be channelled using water pumps from the Bengawan Solo river, he said.
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