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SCIENCE CITY OF MUŅOZ, Nueva Ecija: President Arroyo led irrigation
and agriculture officials in opening the gate valve of the completed
irrigation canal in Barangay Magtanggol on Tuesday.
Branding the city as the center of agricultural
science of North Luzon agribusiness, being host to various
agricultural research centers and learning institutions, the Chief
Executive stressed that the power generation component of the
project, built under the so-called build-operate and transfer
scheme, is already being reaped.
The completed canal will feed irrigation water
to at least 10,000 hectares of new areas in Muņoz and the town of
Guimba and Talugtog, she said.
With the President were Agriculture Secretary
Arthur Yap, National Irrigation Administration chief Arturo Lomibao,
presidential adviser for North Luzon Renato Diaz, Gov. Tomas N.
Joson 3rd, Second District Rep. Eleuterio Violago and NIA-CMIPP
Officials, engineers Serafin Palteng and Alexander Coloma.
Coloma said another irrigation canal under
construction would irrigate over 16,000 hectares in Guimba up to
Victoria in Tarlac province.
Arroyo noted that besides irrigation, the 600-km
dike roads would make Nueva Ecija retain its role as premier rice
producer in the country.
--Armand M. Galang
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