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Govt okays B200bn in drought fight
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 13/04/2016
» The government has allocated over 200 billion baht for projects to battle the country's drought and help two million people in drought-stricken provinces nationwide.
Water office warns drought is spreading
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 10/04/2016
» More than half of the country outside of irrigation zones is close to a drought crisis, according to the Royal Irrigation Department.
Rice farmers praised for water cuts
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 31/01/2016
» The government has praised farmers for being responsive to the policy to minimise the use of water by not growing off-season rice.
PM blames past policies for drought
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 29/01/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has blamed past policies that heavily promoted cash crops as a root cause of floods and drought.
PM gives nod to Bueng Boraphet projects
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 23/01/2016
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has given the green light to develop Bueng Boraphet, the country’s largest freshwater lake in Nakhon Sawan, as a long-term solution to the perennial drought problem, a government source says.
NACC inks anti-graft pact with 11 bodies
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 05/11/2015
» The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with 11 organisations, mostly leading universities, to act together in the fight against corruption.
Ministries told do more to help drought-hit farmers
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 22/09/2015
» Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has instructed the Interior and Agriculture ministries to do more to help drought-hit farmers.
Govt vows to pursue rice plan redress
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 05/09/2015
» Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam insists the government can and will seek financial compensation from former prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, ex-commerce minister Boonsong Teriyapirom and private firms involved in the multi-billion-baht rice-pledging scandal.
Yingluck may face huge personal bill for rice scheme
Patsara Jikkham, Published on 04/09/2015
» The government is likely to demand tens of billions of baht in compensation for the loss-ridden rice-pledging programme of the previous Yingluck Shinawatra government, Deputy Prime Minister Wissanu Krea-ngam said on Friday.
Calls to fence off RID from politicians
News, Patsara Jikkham, Published on 03/07/2015
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) must be reformed and protected from political interference to ensure effective water management, engineers said yesterday.