Thai Government Preparing Proactive Anti-Drought Measures

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Thai government preparing proactive anti-drought measures

BANGKOK, Oct 17 - The Thai government is preparing proactive measures to deal with anticipated drought in the country.

Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, as president of the Water and Flood Management Commission (WFMC), and Hydro-Agro Informatics Institute chief Royal Chitradon called for a meeting on dry season water management.

Mr Plodprasop assigned the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking & Agricultural Aviation, Water Resources Department, and Royal Irrigation Department to immediately start working on the measures.

All related parties are to find appropriate measures and to propose them to the water committee. Further meetings will be convened for follow-up.

The science and technology minister said Thailand's northeast is the most worrying. A monsoon trough will pass across the northeast this weekend. Artificial rain is scheduled to be made above Ubon Ratchathani's Pak Mun Dam, Khon Kaen's Ubonrat Dam, and Kalasin's Lam Pao Dam.

The first two dams are currently at 40 per cent of capacity, while the latter is at only 20 per cent. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-10-17

[LuckyLew]

When it rains a lot, they should put the water in bottles and save for dry season

[MaxLee]

So now what???? After an overrated Gaemi storm depression comes the ultimate fight against drought?????

Typical government logic would be:

Let there be drought in order to prevent any floods

[saltandpepper]

Buffoon comes to mind

[billd766]

Buffoon comes to mind

Perhaps the village idiot has had an upgrade.

[bigbamboo]

How many billions is he looking for this time?

[siampolee]

Plodprasop pontificating yet again.I seem to recall the then Winston Churchill many years back making comments concerning both water and wind.

The wind is in instumental in moving the rain clouds perhaps that quote fron Churchill has thus inspired our redoubtale minister to speak even more thus encouraging the output of hot air (wind) followed by a trip to the bathroom to produce water, thus alleviating in part the drought situation in the affected regions.

Or perhaps the quote from Churchill actually describes the redoubtable science ministers thoughts and rhetoric.

Edited October 17, 2012 by siampolee

[Thai at Heart]

Water Pushing Machines, to put it back in the damns perhaps???????

[asiawatcher]

Plodprasop pontificating yet again.I seem to recall the then Winston Churchill many years back making comments concerning both water and wind.

The wind is in instumental in moving the rain clouds perhaps that quote fron Churchill has thus inspired our redoubtale minister to speak even more thus encouraging the output of hot air (wind) followed by a trip to the bathroom to produce water, thus alleviating in part the drought situation in the affected regions.

Or perhaps the quote from Churchill actually describes the redoubtable science ministers thoughts and rhetoric.

Constable Plod can't help himself. And making such valid statements at the 'end' of the wet season. What a moron.

[fstarbkk]

Easy - Turn those boats around and push the water back up the rivers to where it's needed!

Edited October 17, 2012 by fstarbkk

[fezman]

stop cutting down all the trees ,that will help the land from drying out as much and puts water back in to the air ,but theres no money in it so its not gonna happen .

[fareastguy]

I can't stop laughing long enough to even write !!

Is this bloke Plod for real ??

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Thai authorities prepare for drought

The Nation

File photo : Plodprasob

BANGKOK: -- The Thai government is preparing proactive measures to deal with anticipated drought in the country.

Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, in his capacity as president of the Water and Flood Management Commission (WFMC), and Hydro-Agro Informatics Institute chief Royal Chitradon, have called for a meeting on dry season water management.

Plodprasop assigned the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking & Agricultural Aviation, Water Resources Department, and Royal Irrigation Department to immediately start working on the measures.

All concerned parties are to identify appropriate measures and propose them to the water committee. Further meetings will be convened for follow up.

The science and technology minister said Thailand's northeast is the most worrying. A monsoon trough will pass across the northeast this weekend. Artificial rain is scheduled to be made above Ubon Ratchathani’s Pak Mun Dam, Khon Kaen’s Ubonrat Dam, and Kalasin’s Lam Pao Dam.

The first two dams are currently at 40 per cent of capacity, while the latter is at only 20 per cent.

-- The Nation 2012-10-17

[1weatherman]

What! A drought in the dry season? How long has that been going on? I'll alert the media.

[jaltsc]

Somehow I was expecting that they would stockpile "Instant Water" in bottles. Just add water and you have .....Ready for this....Drum Roll...WATER.

[Halion]

Who dreams up these names.? "The Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation" and "artificial rain". It is simply cloud seeding using chemical coumpounds which of course come down along with the rainfall.

All that is needed is a suitably equiped aircraft or in some cases it can be achieved by rockets or a balloon and last but not least a convienient cloud located in the correct position. The critical parameter is that the clouds to be seeded must be over catchment areas

[quadman]

Why not just reverse the seasons so the (previously known) flood season is now a drought season with lots of water for all and the (previously known) drought is now the flood season and bone dry? Solved!!

[TruthEyes]

Credit where its due to the Government for tackling this issue now.

Those three dam levels of 40%, 40%, and 20% are low and won't go far in a drought period.

[GentlemanJim]

Credit where its due to the Government for tackling this issue now.

Those three dam levels of 40%, 40%, and 20% are low and won't go far in a drought period.

But they are low due to gross mismanagement. There has been plenty of water. No credit due at all

[MaxLee]

Credit where its due to the Government for tackling this issue now.

Those three dam levels of 40%, 40%, and 20% are low and won't go far in a drought period.

But they are low due to gross mismanagement. There has been plenty of water. No credit due at all

Exactly. What happened to the floods in the other provinces, that were practically sacrificed for the sake of keeping Bangkok dry?

There hasn't been news about the flood situation in those provinces ever since that overrated Gaemi storm. Did the government pay another bribe to the media press to keep this issue confidential????

Edited October 17, 2012 by MaxLee

[khunken]

Credit where its due to the Government for tackling this issue now.

Those three dam levels of 40%, 40%, and 20% are low and won't go far in a drought period.

But they are low due to gross mismanagement. There has been plenty of water. No credit due at all

Exactly. What happened to the floods in the other provinces, that were practically sacrificed for the sake of keeping Bangkok dry?

There hasn't been news about the flood situation in those provinces ever since that overrated Gaemi storm. Did the government pay another bribe to the media press to keep this issue confidential????

I'm waiting for the plodders to come up with another brilliant invention: Water-pulling machines.

[MaxLee]

Credit where its due to the Government for tackling this issue now.

Those three dam levels of 40%, 40%, and 20% are low and won't go far in a drought period.

But they are low due to gross mismanagement. There has been plenty of water. No credit due at all

Exactly. What happened to the floods in the other provinces, that were practically sacrificed for the sake of keeping Bangkok dry?

There hasn't been news about the flood situation in those provinces ever since that overrated Gaemi storm. Did the government pay another bribe to the media press to keep this issue confidential????

I'm waiting for the plodders to come up with another brilliant invention: Water-pulling machines.

Last 2 week the government ministers told farmers to grow flood resistant rice... How about drought-invincible rice now? Or magic pills that create snow in Thailand,.... oh never mind I forgot to mention about cars that can grow on trees

Edited October 18, 2012 by MaxLee

[Cardiff1963]

Can't he just proclaim "Thailand - hub of water". Fixed