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Residents pin hopes on govt's Bang Rakam model
News, Chinnawat Singha, Published on 19/03/2012
» Residents in flood-prone Bang Rakam district of Phitsanulok are pinning their hopes on a government water management plan to help keep them dry this year.
Late rainfall risks Phitsanulok drought
News, Chinnawat Singha, Published on 24/07/2014
» Water shortages are expected to hit Phitsanulok next year if there is not enough rainfall to fill the major dams by the end of the rainy season.
Phitsanulok dam running dry
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 01/08/2014
» Although it’s the middle of the rainy season, the Kwae Noi Bamrung Dan dam in Phitsanulok province stands nearly empty, with useable water at only 10.4% of capacity and local officials urging conservation.
1,871 rai of poppy fields destroyed
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 10/09/2015
» The 3rd Army's Drug Prevention and Suppression Centre has destroyed opium poppy fields covering 1,871.5 rai in five northern provinces so far this year, its commander said Thursday.
Rice growers drilling wells in dry riverbed
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 20/01/2016
» Some rice farmers in Phitsanulok province are drilling wells in their dry riverbed to get around the Irrigation Department's warning not to grow off-season crops due to the water shortage, insisting it's the only livelihood they know.
Drought closes lodging at Phu Hin Rong Kla park
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 17/03/2016
» Drought has forced the closure of accommodations at well-known Phu Hin Rong Kla National Park straddling Phitsanulok, Loei and Phetchabun provinces from April 1, according to park chief Suwan Phanunampha.
Free-range duck raisers also hit by drought
Chinnawat Singha, Published on 21/07/2019
» PHITSANULOK: The ongoing dry spell has affected not only rice-growing farmers but also free-ranging duck raisers who say they are producing fewer and smaller eggs than usual, according to farmers in this central northern province.