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Urgent pumping ordered to divert water to Chao Phraya Dam
Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 23/12/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has ordered the Royal Irrigation Department to install more pumps to divert freshwater from the Mae Klong River to the Chao Phraya River, to hold back seawater, as rice growers ignore instructions to stop off-season cultivation.
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The gift that keeps on giving
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 13/10/2019
» Three years after the passing of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej The Great, one of his legacies, artificial rainmaking, remains a solution that Thailand can depend on to tackle the problem of air pollution and climate change-induced drought.
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Low water levels to last until 2020
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 31/08/2019
» The country is likely to face severe water shortages until next year after Tropical Storm Podul failed to deposit enough rainwater to replenish major dams in the central and northern regions, a water management official says.
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Govt looks to ease Mekong dam impacts
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 15/08/2019
» The Department of Fisheries will roll out a number of measures to help cushion the impacts of dam construction in the upper reaches of the Mekong River on Thai fishermen.
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Xayaburi Dam in clear, says operator
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2019
» The unseasonal drought currently affecting the lower Mekong Region has alerted both the public and the authorities to the activities of a series of dams further upstream on the international river.
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Sanctuary tunnel project draws flak
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/08/2019
» A state water diversion project in Kanchanaburi's Salak Phra Wildlife Sanctuary -- a rich wildlife habitat in the western forest complex -- is drawing flak from conservationists.
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Price caps for cash crops in the works
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 06/08/2019
» The Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is planning to spend 17 billion baht to guarantee the price of certain cash crops in the market.
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Out of season rice could be stopped
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 28/07/2019
» Farmers in the Chao Phraya River basin might be told to skip non-seasonal rice plantation next year due to a scarce amount of water going to the four major dams supporting people in the Central region.
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Chalermchai vows to fight drought ills
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/07/2019
» Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Chalermchai Sri-on has pledged his ministry will tailor an assistance package for drought-affected farmers during a looming water shortage in many parts of the country this year.
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Dam tests spark crisis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 20/07/2019
» Thailand has asked the Lao government to suspend the test run of the Xayaburi dam, in order to curb the worsening drought that has hit provinces along the Mekong River.
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