PM Prayut to oversee water management in Korat

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PM Prayut to oversee water management in Korat

NAKHON RATCHASIMA, 24 May 2016 (NNT) – The Prime Minister is set to visit Nakhon Ratchasima Province on 25 May to oversee the development of Lam Phra Phloeng Dam to cope with handling the nation's recurring floods and droughts, according to an irrigation official.

Nakhon Ratchasima Irrigation Project Director Terdpong Thaiudom is preparing to report the improvements of the Lam Phra Phloeng Dam development plan to Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha during his visit to Nakhon Ratchasima Province, after the government has approved 400 million baht budget to enhance the capacity of the dam and allocate more water to Lam Sam Lai Reservoir in order to prevent flooding and relieve drought disasters.

The irrigation project director disclosed that the height of the dam’s morning glory spillway has been extended by 4 meters, allowing the dam to store more water by 50 million cubic meters. This adjustment has raised the dam’s total capacity to 155 million cubic meters.

He has said some of the reserve water in this project will be allocated to fill the Lam Sam Lai Reservoir, which is located below the dam in order to prevent flooding. The water allocation can be sent back to Lam Phra Phloeng Canal to boost supplies during the dry season.

Lam Phra Phloeng Dam is now ready to store water reserves during the rainy season to the dam’s full capacity, with the irrigation project director ensuring the dam's structural integrity even after the capacity enhancement.

-- NNT 2016-05-24

[Brer Fox]

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. The PM's CV expands almost daily and now includes being Genius on Water Storage and Dam Construction and Engineering.

Still waiting for an announcement on his credentials as Road Safety and Law and Order expert.

[BigBadGeordie]

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. The PM's CV expands almost daily and now includes being Genius on Water Storage and Dam Construction and Engineering.

Still waiting for an announcement on his credentials as Road Safety and Law and Order expert.

It appears that there is nothing Uncle Too cannot do!

However, Brer Fox, I suggest that you do not hold your breath waiting for the later 2 areas to be tackled.

For they are surely his Doomsday Krytonite.

[jerojero]

Micromanagement again. Can't trust any of his subordinates. Maybe they all are incompetent. Could be!

[bobmac10]

he might need a big dam to throw critics into in the future

[tuanku]

Dam - he's good!

[tuanku]

155 million cubic metres of water is another 155 million tonnes behind the dam, unless you really trust Thai engineering it might be a time to consider moving if you live in the flood path.

After all the 1000 year earthquake is due sometime.

[Jimbo2014]

There is no rock too small to turn over. Dear leader.

[bluebluewater]

With a STRONG record in oversight who better for the job?

[colinneil]

Hope he does a better job than he did in previous projects he oversaw.

[Thaddeus]

Micromanagement again. Can't trust any of his subordinates. Maybe they all are incompetent. Could be!

For decades Thai 'superiors' have tried the carrot and stick approach, without the threat of the stick ever being applied.

This obviously does not work if the person you are trying to tempt into working for you doesn't like your carrots and already has a plentiful supply of them anyway.

Start waving the stick around PM, if someone isn't doing the job they are supposed to do, sack them, if they only hold a job because they bought it and are not, and never will be, capable of it, sack them.

Otherwise the circus continues with the same old tired acts and nothing will improve, ever...... and then the doors fall off the clown's car.

(btw.... I could probably post this in at least half a dozen threads every day, and it would be applicable in all of them)

[Dap]

Is this meant to impress anyone? Just curious

[Snig27]

I'm waiting for the unconditional-approval-Uncle-can-fix-anything crew to step in and explain why this is a truly great thing (and that we should not forget the amnesty bill). Jamie? Baerboxer?

[55Jay]

"Over see"? Another poor choice of words by NNT, which is not unusual.

He's going for a look-see, as he rightly should. Probably the most worthwhile thing he'll do all week.

Anything to enhance capacity and secondary reserves, as a layered defense against flooding, and out year droughts, is favorable, and they need to be busting their <deleted> to get it done now while they can. If the weather guessers are right, La Nina should piss down rain on us this season, god knows we need it up here.

[Srikcir]

Historically, the dam's capacity has been reduced in part to a high sedimentation rate resuling from deforestation and agriculture from the upper lands. Until the issue of sedimentation has addressed, increasing the dam's capacity by merely raising its height is a short-term solution. This is not an example of effective water management but more a publicity stunt.

[bangon04]

"the height of the dam’s morning glory"

is only surpassed by the height of the General's Morning Glory.

[Redline]

and foodstuffs

[slapout]

The good PM may be wanting to look the responsible fellow in the eye when he gets the promised glowing report he has been told about. Ask a few questions , maybe even the same question just worded differently and see if he gets the same answer. I will give him some slack as I like to face and see the man giving me a report also, as well as see a project that has been finished to satisfaction. After all , failure could come back to him in the end as the last PM is finding out.

I doubt that he will be making a joint dam inspection and fitting for a new outfit on this trip. Thats a change from what has happened with past officials.

The headline for this article is so misleading, someone shold be on the corner selling papers instead of writting for one.

[Rayk]

Is this meant to impress anyone? Just curious

Yeah, himself.