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Laos urged to halt Mekong dam work
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 18/09/2014
» Cambodian fishing communities along the Mekong River on Wednesday called on the Lao government to halt the construction of dams on the international river so a wide-ranging ecological impact study can be carried out.
Bangkok faces water crisis
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 10/02/2014
» Bangkok is at risk of suffering from a water shortage this year if farmers in the Central Plain defy the Royal Irrigation Department's (RID) restriction on second-crop rice plantations., the RID has warned.
Mekong body urged to oppose Lao dam project
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 19/11/2013
» Civil society groups have urged the Mekong River Commission (MRC) to protest against the Lao government's Don Sahong dam project in the Mekong River.
DWR unveils strategy to ease droughts in Northeast
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 30/04/2013
» The Department of Water Resources (DWR) is to launch 19 water management pilot projects to solve water shortages in the Northeast.
Water diversion project under fire
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 21/04/2013
» Activists have voiced their opposition to Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi's plan to divert water from the Salween and Mekong rivers to feed the water-starved Northeast. The proposed projects are not the right solution to the drought problem in the region, they said.
Dept says pollution, rubbish woes worsen
News, Apinya Wipatayotin, Published on 12/01/2013
» The quality of water is deteriorating, the amount of accumulated garbage increasing and air pollution worsening, the Department of Pollution Control says.