PM Prayut orders immediate solutions to water shortage in Northeast

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PM orders immediate solutions to water shortage in Northeast

 

   

BANGKOK, 11th August 2019 (NNT) - Government agencies are working to address difficulties brought about by drought in many areas of Thailand. The Prime Minister and Defense Minister, Gen. Prayut Chan-o-cha, who is soon to visit the northeastern provinces of Surin and Buri Ram, has already ordered relevant units to quickly supply water to Surin Hospital. He has assigned the Royal Thai Army and the Ministry of the Interior to integrate their operations to tackle the water shortage problem.

 

The Government Spokeswoman, Prof. Narumon Pinyosinwat, said today that Gen. Prayut was concerned about the effects of the drought in many areas, particularly in Surin province, after the provincial hospital faced a severe water shortage. Relevant units have been instructed to provide immediate assistance to people in drought-hit areas. The Prime Minister will visit Surin and Buri Ram to meet the local people and follow up on the water situation in the near future.

 

The Director of Surin Hospital said today his hospital faced a severe water shortage earlier this week. Water previously received by the hospital could not be used for medical purposes, as the water wasn’t clean enough and had a high concentration of sediment. The hospital had to declare an emergency and worked with several units to solve the problem urgently.

 

The water level of the Mekong River in Nong Khai province has dropped over three consecutive days. According to the Department of Water Resource, its water level was recently measured at 4.23 meters, down by 61 centimeters on Saturday (Aug 11). The water level was 7.97 meters below the embankment. It is expected to decrease further if there is no rainfall. The dry spell has greatly affected fishermen along the Mekong River. Many fishermen have decided to suspend their activiies until the situation improves.

 

-- © Copyright NNT 2019-08-12

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[colinneil]

So the PM orders immediate solutions to water problems !!!!

Hells teeth is he actually serious?

The only solution is rain, rain, rain and lots of it, maybe he will pray to the rain gods to resolve the problem.

[bluesofa]

1 minute ago, colinneil said:

So the PM orders immediate solutions to water problems !!!!

Hells teeth is he actually serious?

The only solution is rain, rain, rain and lots of it, maybe he will pray to the rain gods to resolve the problem.

Cor, your memory George!

Our glorious leader did that praying stunt a couple of months ago. When the rain unsurprisingly started he claimed the credit for his hard work praying (although some might see his attitude more as 'preying').

[NCC1701A]

what a pathetic joke this country is.

i was texting a friend in Surin and she said they have no water for their house.

 

i mean how many years do you need to figure this shit out? 500? 1000?

 

 

 

 

[Matzzon]

59 minutes ago, colinneil said:

So the PM orders immediate solutions to water problems !!!!

Hells teeth is he actually serious?

The only solution is rain, rain, rain and lots of it, maybe he will pray to the rain gods to resolve the problem.

Nope, the only solution for the need of water is not rain. What you are talking about is what is needed to restore the natures capacity to provide the needed water in all the areas of the country. What is needed now is to deliver water to the disater areas concerned and that is what the PM is meaning. That he also assigns the task to other departments, is the need for find solutions that can easy during the time waiting for rain.

[yellowboat]

Any excuse to be in the limelight.  He is so needing of attention day in and day out.  They never build adequate infrastructure.  There obviously needs to be more reservoirs there.

[Baerboxer]

4 hours ago, failedstate said:

Well we knew the guy thinks he’s a sort of “God” . This proves it!


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Not really.

 

Yingluck was always ordering every problem to be solved "immediately". Seems same same but different.

 

Knew some CEO's who thought that was how to act too.

[klauskunkel]

[PETERTHEEATER]

 PM Prayut orders immediate solutions to water shortage in Northeast.....

 

A solution of alcohol and washing up liquid. Somchai wil think it's champagne.

[CGW]

1 hour ago, yellowboat said:

There obviously needs to be more reservoirs there.

Reservoirs are not a lot of use without rain, I live beside a medium sized reservoir that is 90% empty! 

Got the right man on the job now though! he will get it sorted 

Just need to "remap" the monsoons 

[FarFlungFalang]

Surely all those super intelligent highly educated people at Surin Hospital could have ensured a constant supply of the most basic essentials of life by now?Oh it didn't rain this year and the water ran out,what if it doesn't rain for 2-3 years in a row?

[Emdog]

I've got tanker loads of dehydrated water I am willing to sell to government at competitive price

[carabaothai]

Didn't he order immediate solutions last month? Or was it 2 months ago? I don't remember exactly but it was immediate, I'm sure of this ????

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, klauskunkel said:

Especially as chemically, water is a solution.

[Darkside Gray]

I can see the government all doing rain dances

[bluesofa]

1 hour ago, legend49 said:

Like he used article 44 to stop the air pollution in Chiang Mai in 7 days. we are still waiting for the Messiah to deliver many months later

He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy.

[namatjira]

Just ask the Chinese to release dam water upstream from the Mekong....that would help, prayut needs to realize the Chinese are controlling the life blood of south east Asia for their own purposes...

[Krataiboy]

6 hours ago, colinneil said:

So the PM orders immediate solutions to water problems !!!!

Hells teeth is he actually serious?

The only solution is rain, rain, rain and lots of it, maybe he will pray to the rain gods to resolve the problem.

Or order the Chinese to stop building dams. Love to see that.

[hotchilli]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

PM orders immediate solutions to water shortage in Northeast

He forgets he's out of uniform now and ordering things isn't the way to achieve results...

however putting qualified people in positions of responsibility is within his remit but that's another story !

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, bluesofa said:

Especially as chemically, water is a solution.

it's all a suspense to me

[cooked]

My wife remembers a period of three years when there was no rain in Buriram province. 

Numerous reservoirs have been built since then, of little use if it doesn't rain.

[RichardColeman]

Immediate solutions is not the same as immediate action

[thaiguzzi]

6 hours ago, Baerboxer said:

 

Not really.

 

Yingluck was always ordering every problem to be solved "immediately". Seems same same but different.

 

Knew some CEO's who thought that was how to act too.

Give it a rest will ya.

It's embarrassing.

It gets old real quick.

Anything Mr P can't do, Mrs Y can do it worse.

But but but Thaksin.....

[tso310]

I remember watching him on his Friday night broadcast, Nov 2016 if my memory is correct, going on about the poor water management that existed up country and how they were going to fix it. I assume he has fixed it, no water so no management needed.

[jaiyen]

The next best solution is to get rid of a few billion people on the planet so the rest will be able to drink !!  Seriously, the major part of the problem is that there are too many people,  and too much industry that use huge amounts of water.

[newnative]

  In other news, Newnative orders immediate solutions to his expanding waistline and shrinking height.  

[emptypockets]

2 hours ago, jaiyen said:

The next best solution is to get rid of a few billion people on the planet so the rest will be able to drink !!  Seriously, the major part of the problem is that there are too many people,  and too much industry that use huge amounts of water.

You go first.

Show some commitment to the cause.

 

[Redline]

Absolutely no planning-this all happened so suddenly!

Edited August 12, 2019 by Redline

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

On 8/12/2019 at 2:08 PM, Baerboxer said:

 

Not really.

 

Yingluck was always ordering every problem to be solved "immediately". Seems same same but different.

 

Knew some CEO's who thought that was how to act too.

She is long gone lets all live in the present and not get bogged down in the past. The guy's mental capacity is not what it should be for a PM and YS have nothing to do with it.

[SOUTHERNSTAR]

19 hours ago, Matzzon said:

Irrelevant. Please explain how you can manage water, when drought hits different and there is not enough water in some areas?

There is also not any possibility to fix this in just a couple of years. All that you have copied and pasted above is about a ten year plan. It has gone only four.

If they stop buying tanks, subs etc etc. There would be enough money to build more dams, which will bridge the gap between rainfall seasons and droughts.