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B17.6bn canal in Ayutthaya gets nod
Online Reporters, Published on 19/09/2017
» The cabinet has approved in principle a 17.6-billion-baht project to build a run-off drainage canal in Ayutthaya province to mitigate flooding in the old capital.
CK gets B19bn environmental contract for Xayaburi dam
Online Reporters, Published on 18/05/2016
» SET-listed Thai construction firm Ch. Karnchang Plc (CK) has secured an additional 19-billion-baht construction contract to optimise the environmental performance of the Xayaburi hydroelectric power plant in Laos.
Drought exposes old road behind Lam Takhong dam
Online Reporters, Published on 02/03/2016
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA – The critically low water level in the Lam Takhong reservoir has uncovered a long stretch of an old road built by US soldiers and submerged by the lake 48 years ago after the dam was completed.
Mae Wong dam pushed by Nakhon Sawan group
Online Reporters, Published on 01/03/2016
» A group of Nakhon Sawan residents are urging the government to press ahead with construction of the Mae Wong dam, arguing it would help solve drought and flooding problems.
Thailand's first subsurface dam eyed for Koh Phangan
Online Reporters, Published on 22/07/2015
» SURAT THANI — The Royal Irrigation Department is considering building a subsurface dam, the first of its kind in Thailand, on Koh Phangan to address freshwater shortages on the popular tourist island.
Prachin Buri locals fight dam
Online Reporters, Published on 17/06/2015
» PRACHIN BURI — A group of Nadi district villagers on Wednesday petitioned the Administrative Court to cancel the Huay Samong dam project
B2.2-trillion irrigation projects proposed
Online Reporters, Published on 13/06/2015
» The Royal Irrigation Department has come up with two 20-year projects worth 2.2 trillion baht to provide water to farmland in the Northeast and to fill Bhumibol Dam.
EHIA panel opposes Mae Wong dam
Online Reporters, Published on 21/11/2014
» The committee in charge of assessing the environmental and health impacts of the proposed Mae Wong dam project has recommended that the controversial Nakhon Sawan province project be dropped.
Sasin launches another dam protest
Online Reporters, Published on 17/11/2014
» A well-known activist and secretary-general of the Seub Nakhasathien Foundation on Monday launched a one-man sit-in protest against the government's planned construction of a dam in Mae Wong National Park in Nakhon Sawan province.
Court dismisses water case against Yingluck
Online Reporters, Published on 31/10/2014
» The Supreme Administrative Court has dismissed a case in which former premier Yingluck Shinawatra was charged with malfeasance for approving the now-defunct water-management plan.