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Water scheme hearings to cost B100m
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 04/09/2013
» The Water and Flood Management Commission is to seek cabinet approval for 100 million baht to organise country-wide exhibitions and public hearings on the controversial 350-billion-baht water management scheme, Deputy Prime Minister and WFMC chair Plodprasop Suraswadi said on Wednesday.
Waters off Ao Phrao 'nearly back to normal'
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 05/08/2013
» RAYONG : The sea off Koh Samet's Ao Phrao and nearby areas, affected by the July 27 oil spill, has almost returned to normal following the clean-up operation, Rayong governor Wichit Chartpaisit said.
PM backs health, education hub plan
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 16/07/2013
» MAHA SARAKHAM : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra yesterday backed a proposal to turn Maha Sarakham province into an education and healthcare hub.
PM vows to bolster organic rice farmers
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 01/07/2013
» YASOTHON : Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has vowed to bolster organic jasmine rice farming in Yasothon by ensuring a steady water supply and improving transportation.
Dam United: Forest folk fight megaproject plan
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 30/06/2013
» A path zigzagging into a forest is lined with an abundance of trees, large and small. The overwhelming greenery leaves Chao, a villager in Ban Chomphu near the forest, baffled as to the Royal Irrigation Department's designation of the land.
Cabinet endorses B314bn loan
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 19/06/2013
» The cabinet yesterday approved a plan to borrow 314 billion baht to implement the government's water management and flood prevention scheme.
K-Water sets scheme conditions
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 13/06/2013
» Korea Water Resources Corp (K-Water), which won the highest stake of the flood and water management scheme, has called on the government take responsibility for land acquisition problems and villager protests, government sources say.
Cabinet tipped to invest B500mn to boost northern infrastructure
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 09/06/2013
» The cabinet looks set to allocate 500 million baht to four lower northern provinces to revamp regional infrastructure.
Cabinet diverts housing fund for landless farmers
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 22/05/2013
» The cabinet yesterday agreed to divert 167 million baht in budget money from the low-cost Baan Mankong housing project to buy about 800 rai of land as temporary compensation for landless farmers now protesting in Bangkok.
PM pitches tri-nation rail talks
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 20/05/2013
» CHIANG MAI : Thailand has offered to convene a meeting with Laos and China on a high-speed train project linking the three countries, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Sunday.