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Mekong commission alerted to river pollution emergency
News, Post Reporters, Published on 27/11/2025
» CHIANG RAI - Environmental groups have urged the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to treat the contamination found in the Mekong, Kok, Sai and Ruak rivers as an emergency issue while calling for basin-wide water-quality monitoring.
Greater Bangkok 'faces higher risk of floods'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 10/11/2025
» Bangkok, along with some parts of Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi provinces, face higher risk of floods over the next several days as authorities increased the water discharge rate of the Chao Phraya Barrage in Chai Nat in the wake of recent rainfall, warned the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda).
Bualoi hits, triggering heavy floods
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/09/2025
» Typhoon Bualoi has unleashed widespread flooding across the country, with Ayutthaya, Phimai in Nakhon Ratchasima, and Sa Kaeo among the hardest hit.
Dams adjust water outflow
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/10/2024
» Water discharges from major dams are being adjusted to minimise the impact of floods and water overflow in downstream provinces, according to the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR).
1,000 locals protest dam proposal in Thailand's Phrae province
News, Post Reporters, Published on 08/09/2024
» Phrae: About 1,000 residents joined a protest over the ruling Pheu Thai Party's proposed revival of the controversial Kaeng Suea Ten Dam project in Song district.
Thamanat dismisses dam idea
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/09/2024
» Caretaker Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thamanat Prompow has suggested ditching the idea of building Kaeng Suea Ten Dam, saying relevant agencies should instead develop a newThamanat: Wants new ideas approach.
Locals slam revived dam plan
News, Post Reporters, Published on 02/09/2024
» About 150 residents from tambon Sa-Ieab in Phrae's Song district gathered on Sunday to protest against the proposed Kaeng Sue Ten dam, saying it would affect thousands of households and destroy more than 10,000 rai of prime forest.
Capital readies for Chao Phraya to overflow
News, Post Reporters, Published on 30/08/2024
» Water from heavy flooding in upstream northern provinces has reached Bangkok as the capital prepares for the Chao Phraya River to overflow, according to the Royal Irrigation Department (RID).
Flood alerts as rivers swell
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/10/2022
» Thailand's National Water Command Centre (NWCC) has issued a warning about the swelling Chao Phraya and Pasak rivers as the Pasak Jolasid Dam is doubling its discharge volume.
Ayutthaya braces for swollen river levels
Post Reporters, Published on 25/08/2022
» Authorities in Ayutthaya are bracing for huge discharges of water into the Chao Phraya River as the peak of the rainy season approaches.