NIA MIMAROPA – A total of 6,795.50 hectares of agricultural land in MIMAROPA Region will now have an access to a reliable and sustainable irrigation service as the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) inaugurated and turned over 21 irrigation projects with an aggregate cost of P1,173,812,000.00 to the farmers and irrigators associations (IAs) in MIMAROPA Region on March 29, 2022. These irrigation projects will provide agricultural and socio-economic benefits to a total of 1,784 farmers and their families.
NIA Administrator Ricardo R. Visaya led the Inauguration and Partial Turnover of the P890.15-million Bongabong River Irrigation Project located in Barangay Lisap, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro. Started in CY 2012, the project was completed in CY 2021 with a service area of 5,859 hectares covering the municipalities of Bongabong, Roxas, and Mansalay, Oriental Mindoro, benefitting 1,250 farmers and their families.
NIA also turned over 20 Communal Irrigation projects (CIPs) to the Irrigators Associations (IAs) of MIMAROPA. Seven of these projects amounting to P156.2 million are located in Oriental Mindoro, five projects worth P59.568 million are in the Province of Occidental Mindoro, four projects with an aggregate cost of P23.894 million are in the Province of Marinduque, two projects amounting to P24 million are in the Province of Romblon, and two projects worth P20 million are in the Province of Palawan. These projects have a total project cost of P283.66 million with a service area of 936.50 hectares and 534 farmer-beneficiaries.
NIA MIMAROPA Regional Manager William P. Ragodon, Engineering and Operations Division Manager Lowell L. Lozano, Mindoro Oriental-Marinduque-Romblon IMO Manager Gerardo R. Perez, Occidental Mindoro IMO Manager Raymundo L. Calusin, Management and Security Consultant Col Samuel Gayongorsa (Ret), 203rd Brigade Commander BGen Jose Augusto Villareal, Public Affairs and Information Staff (PAIS) Department Manager Eden Victoria C. Selva, some uniformed personnel, IA officers, and farmer-beneficiaries were present during the inaugural ceremony.
Following the inauguration and turnover ceremony of irrigation projects was the Blessing, Ribbon-Cutting, and Inauguration of the NIA MIMAROPA Covered Court, NIA-IA Training Center, and Office Improvements (Medical Clinic and Lactation Room).
INAUGURATION AND PARTIAL TURNOVER OF BONGABONG RIVER IRRIGATION PROJECT AND 20 COMMUNAL IRRIGATION SYSTEMS IN MIMAROPA
Blessing and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of the Bongabong River Irrigation Project
Unveiling of the Marker of the Bongabong River Irrigation Project
Ceremonial Opening of the Gates of the Bongabong River Irrigation Project
NIA Administrator Visaya (3rd from left) and MIMAROPA Regional Manager Ragodon (2nd from left) turn over the documents of the Bongabong River Irrigation Project to seven IAs represented by KALIMAPU IA President Eduardo L. Ramilo, together with other officials of NIA MIMAROPA.
Buhid Tribe of Barangay Batangan, Bongabong, Oriental Mindoro renders an ethnic dance during the inauguration of Bongabong River Irrigation Project.
NIA Administrator Visaya delivers his message.
Bongabong River Irrigation Project
NIA Administrator Visaya (left) and NIA MIMAROPA Regional Manager Ragodon (right) unveils the layout of the projects for turnover to the IAs of MIMAROPA.
NIA Administrator Visata (middle) turns over the symbolic key of the P20.368-million Kabangkalan Small Irrigation Project (Sta. Cruz, Occidental Mindoro) to the farmer-beneficiaries of Kabangkalan, represented by IA President Cecilia Lobrin Mambog (4th from right), together with NIA MIMAROPA Regional Manager Ragodon (3rd from right) and other NIA officials.
BLESSING AND RIBBON-CUTTING CEREMONY OF THE NIA-IA TRAINING CENTER, COVERED COURT, AND OFFICE IMPROVEMENTS
NIA Administrator Visaya (right) and NIA MIMAROPA Regional Manager Ragodon (left) during the Blessing and Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony of the NIA-IA Training Center, Covered Court, and Office Improvements
Unveiling of the Marker of the NIA-IA Training Center
Unveiling of the Marker of the NIA MIMAROPA Covered Court
Blessing Ceremony of the NIA MIMAROPA Medical Clinic and Lactation Room
NIA MIMAROPA Medical Clinic and Lactation Room
**For questions and/or clarifications, you may contact:
EDEN VICTORIA C. SELVA
Department Manager A
NIA Public Affairs and Information Staff
E-mail: evcselva2000@yahoo.com
Landline: (02) 8921-3741 loc. 113
