Yom river water level plummets

Published: 10/01/2011 at 04:42 PM
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Phichit – Farmers in Pho Prathap Chang district face a severe water shortage as the level of the Yom River has fallen rapidly in the last week.

The situation surprised villager Swat Silapachai, who said a section of the river in Ban Wang Tepo brimmed with with water at the two-metre level during the New Year holiday.

It had since dropped so low that farm vehicles and motorcycles can run across it.

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tansri
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Discussion 2 : 10/01/2011 at 05:24 PM2
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One gift that people need but never gets is water management, irrigation system, reservoirs and flood prevention. Thailand GDP is 12% agriculture or 2,500 billion baht and depending on water. The 70 billion baht over 10 years can do a lot for long term water resource management than some cavalry unit. The nation will be a lot stronger if agricultural base is firmly supported and people are happy. A few hundred grassroot people died every year due to flooding, no urgency but how come a calvary unit is a priority.
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Discussion 1 : 10/01/2011 at 05:12 PM1
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And the reason? finish the news report pls!
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