Thai authorities prepare for drought
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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.
