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The commission set up by the House to look into developing Tak’s Mae Sot district into an entertainment hub met local agencies to discuss options on Monday.

The border city of Mae Sot is ripe for development as an entertainment hub to attract tourists, create jobs and generate revenue for Tak province, a parliamentary commission said on Sunday.

Tourists only have one month left to see the largest waterfall in Thailand before it is roped off for the rainy season.

Officials began cleaning up booths at the two border checkpoints in Tak province on Sunday as the country prepares to fully reopen now that the Covid-19 situation is improving.

A car bomb planted at the foot of the first Thai-Myanmar Friendship Bridge near the Myawaddy-Mae Sot border checkpoint exploded late on Saturday night damaging a four-storey building and shops nearby.

The Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation deployed aircraft from April 4 to 14 to induce rain in Tak, so more water can be added to the Bhumibol Dam.

A total of 1,759 Myanmar nationals are sheltering in Tak border villages after fleeing fighting between Myanmar troops and a Karen ethnic army, according to the Tak governor.

Trade between Thailand and neighbouring Myanmar has been affected after a Myanmar anti-government group bombed a concrete bridge linking Myawaddy to Thailand’s Mae Sot on March 11.

The Treasury Department will invite bids in May to lease some 1,000 rai (160 hectares) of land in the special economic zone in Tak province, the department chief said on Wednesday.

A forest fire was sparked in three areas behind the Baan Phuthadol Resort in Mae Hong Son’s Muang district on Sunday, and another near the Mae Surin Forest Fire Control Station in Khun Yuam district.

Border patrol police on the hunt for human traffickers in Tak province stumbled across two rare fishing-cat kittens on Sunday. The kittens were found in Phop Phra district after apparently being left by their mother who may have fallen prey to hunters.

Tak's Mae Sot police station launched a “Mae Sot Smart Safety Zone 4.0” campaign on Tuesday by installing CCTV cameras in three communities to enhance the safety of locals and tourists as well as to monitor traffic.