Thailand’s water-resources chief responds to local farmers complained that dams in China were choking the waterway on which millions depend for their livelihoods.
Category: Thailand
Provinces ordered to ‘dig for water’
All 76 provinces across the country have been ordered to begin digging for water as part of urgent state measures to fight a drought which has already parched 18 provinces.
Activists set up camp over land issues
Calling for authorities to drop any legal action against villagers for forest encroachment, he said P-Move is overseeing 81 cases of alleged forest encroachment.
The 97km that frustrate China’s mastery of the Mekong
These rocks and rapids in Thai waters along the Mekong stand between Beijing and dominance over the Lower stretch of the river.
A Gloomy Outlook for Thailand in 2020
Among its challenges are that there are no signs of the drought affecting much of the country ending, and the Mekong River is drying out with the potential to become a regional flashpoint.
Locals protest for closure of Ayutthaya smelting plant
Locals protest for closure of Ayutthaya smelting plant
Seawater from Bangkok taps: worst drought in 40 years
“Drought has come earlier this year,” said Surapong Sarapa, a forecasting official. This “is affecting both water for agriculture as well as for drinking. More parts of the country than in the past could be impacted.”