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Don Mueang airport 'can fend off floods'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/10/2021
» Don Mueang Airport says it is ready to cope with any downpours or floods, and has the capacity to drain out floodwater in three hours.
Phrae villagers protest against 'unnecessary' dam
News, Post Reporters, Published on 31/08/2020
» Residents of tambon Sa-ieb in Phrae yesterday mounted a fierce campaign against the government's plan to build the controversial Kang Sua Ten dam in Mae Yom National Park.
Money trail points to bribery in mine dispute
News, Post Reporters, Published on 29/08/2020
» An inquiry panel looking into kickback allegations involving an Australia-based gold mining firm and Thai state officials has found documents that might prove the company had paid bribes to the officials, according to graftbuster Supa Piyajitti.
Rain to sweep country but more needed
News, Post Reporters, Published on 01/08/2020
» The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) says a band of rain will sweep across most of the country over the next few days but that the inclement weather has a silver lining -- irrigation agencies have been ordered to store the water to replenish drying reservoirs.
BMA begins drainage work in flood-prone areas
News, Post Reporters, Published on 12/06/2020
» Equipment is being readied as unclogging of drains gets underway in the flood-prone areas of Bangkok, which is expected to be hit by two tropical storms between August and September, said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
Team probes forest land in Ratchaburi
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/06/2020
» Officials from the Natural Resources and Environmental Crime Division (NRECD) on Thursday inspected close to 400 rai of forest land in Ratchaburi province which has allegedly been encroached on by Thawee Kraikupt, a former deputy transport minister and father of Palang Pracharath MP Pareena Kraikupt.
Flood alarm sounds on Andaman coast
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/05/2020
» The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) warned Andaman coastal provinces to brace for potentially heavy flooding caused by tropical cyclone Amphan this week.
Provinces ordered to 'dig for water'
News, Post Reporters, Published on 15/01/2020
» All 76 provinces across the country have been ordered to begin khut din laek nam (digging for water) as part of urgent state measures to fight a drought which has already parched 18 provinces.
New water storage project to tackle drought
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/01/2020
» The Agriculture and Cooperatives Ministry is planning to build an additional 421 water storage facilities in the fight against a looming water shortage, which is believed will be the worst in 10 years.
Phichit gold mine arbitration to begin next month
News, Post Reporters, Published on 04/01/2020
» The arbitration against the government for ordering the closure of a gold mine in Phichit will start on Feb 3 in Singapore, according to Sarawut Benjakul, secretary-general of the Office of the Court of Justice.