Chico hosts P2.3-B irrigation project

PINUKPUK, Kalinga — A sustainable pump irrigation project with an estimated cost of more than P2.3 billion is expected to rise on Chico River here starting next year.

The facility will help irrigate at least 8,700 hectares of agricultural farms in Kalinga and Cagayan provinces.

National Irrigation Administration officials said the project, aimed at ensuring food security in Northern Luzon, is located here and will source water from the Chico River to irrigate 7,500 hectares of farmlands in Tuao East; 1,170 has. inPiat and 360 has. inPinococ, this town.