snoop1130 Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 Water agencies lay down measures to deal with drought; rainy season BANGKOK(NNT) - The Deputy Prime Minister, Gen. Prawit Wongsuwan, has attended a meeting to discuss water management in lowland areas along the Chao Phraya River, address water shortages and prepare for the rainy season this year. Gen. Prawit, in his capacity as the director of national water administration, attended the meeting of subcommittees responsible for implementing the country’s water management masterplan and overseeing water resource management at the Office of National Water Resources (ONWR). The meeting addressed the drought situation nationwide and laid down measures to mitigate the people’s supply problems. The meeting resolved that relevant agencies will allocate 1.65 billion cubic meters of water between May 1 and July 31, 2020, to ensure sufficient water for daily use and consumption while maintaining the ecosystem. Concerning rice farming in lowland areas, the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is expected to have only 436 million cubic meters of water in reserve during the dry spell. The department is however, able to distribute water for agricultural use to 265,000 rai of land in Bang Rakam district of Phitsanulok province. Relevant agencies plan to allocate 65 million cubic meters of water in the first phase, from March to April, and 245 million cubic meters in the second phase, from May to July, to prepare for the harvesting season in August. The location will then be used as a water retention area to ease the impact of flooding in Sukhothai province. It will also reduce the flow of water into the Chao Phraya River Basin. The meeting ordered related units to provide the information to farmers and members of the public in lowland areas of the 13 provinces along the Chao Phraya River. -- © Copyright NNT 2020-03-16 Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking Thailand news and visa info 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bluesofa Posted March 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2020 4 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: Water agencies lay down measures to deal with drought; rainy season Is this their official policy now: Wait for the rain? 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post xtof2 Posted March 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2020 With a chair like that, he will be sleeping in the next 5 minutes ... unless his watch tick-tock wakes him up. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigInBangkok Posted March 16, 2020 Share Posted March 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, bluesofa said: Is this their official policy now: Wait for the rain? Thats exactly what you get from that headline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Justgrazing Posted March 16, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 16, 2020 18 minutes ago, snoop1130 said: water retention You can get tablets for that can't you .? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venom Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 It's the same every year but they have more important projects, like starting fires and exposing millions of their citizenry to hazardous levels of 2.5 PM air pollution. ???????????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardColeman Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 14 hours ago, xtof2 said: With a chair like that, he will be sleeping in the next 5 minutes ... unless his watch tick-tock wakes him up. My guess it is also a commode ! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madmitch Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 He looks like he'd have problems controlling his own water, let alone the entire country's! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted March 17, 2020 Share Posted March 17, 2020 3 minutes ago, RichardColeman said: My guess it is also a commode ! Ha ha! Yer talking out yer arrse. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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