A failure of the siphon on the left main channel of the Makaria system, from which agricultural areas in Rosomansko are irrigated, occurred during today's day.

The mayor of Rosoman, Stojan Nikolov, in a statement to the MIA news agency, clarified that the problem affects all owners of agricultural properties on the left side of the Crna Reka river, up to the outlet near the village of Nogaevci.

- Due to the urgency and seriousness of this accident, we immediately went to the site together with the director of Water Management "Tikvesh" Kavadarci, as a responsible institution, the president of the agriculture commission at the Rosoman Municipality Council and informed all the responsible and competent institutions, as we would immediately approached finding a solution and repairing this accident. Rosoman municipality will stand unreservedly in solving this accident. I want to make an appeal for calm to the farmers and not to misuse this disaster politically. There must be a solution and there will be, emphasized Nikolov.

The president of the Sirkovo local community, Vele Kotsev, in a statement to MIA, said that the farmers can only hope that the defect of the left main channel Trstenik - Gradsko will be repaired in the shortest possible time.

- Such major defects have also occurred in the past years. Only their repair was carried out. Although, the entire closed part of the canal needs to be completely rebuilt with a new pipeline, which will guarantee an uninterrupted supply of water for irrigation of agricultural crops in the municipalities of Rosoman and Gradsko. Bearing in mind that in previous failures there was no water even after 20 days, this for us farmers will mean material damage to agricultural crops, especially gardening, poor quality of peaches and the inability to export them, he emphasized, expressing hope for reforms in the functioning of the water supply system. irrigation system in the state.