1. The director general of the Royal Irrigation Department said he was sure that farmers would be competing against each other to get enough water to grow their rice crops.
2. He said farmers were cultivating almost two million more rai than they should
3. He said the large reservoirs and dams were almost empty.
4. The worst problem was in the Central Plains because that is where the most of the offseason rice is grown T
5. The only area that did not need to worry about water problems was the south. 6. Artificial rainmaking could help increase the rainfall.