Govt assigns academic panel to study Mae Wong Dam
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A government-assigned academic panel has been assigned to look into the environmental impact of Nakhon Sawan province's Mae Wong Dam, after environmentalist raised eight points of concern, following the project's environmental and health impact assessment
In the meantime, the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) said it would halt plans for construction of the dam, now listed under the government’s Bt 350-billion water and flood management scheme.
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry’s deputy permanent secretary Wijarn Simachaya said that in addition to representatives from the RID and civic groups, the ministry-assigned panel – chaired by himself – would comprise of 15 environmental experts from such institutes as Chulalongkorn University, Thammasart University, Kasetsart University, and Mahidol University.
The Nation
