Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda on Wednesday express concerns for vegetable farmers in the East, such as this area on Koh Samet struck by drought. (Photo by Krit Promsaka na Sakolnakorn)
Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda has ordered provincial governors to alert farmers that discharges from four major dams in the Chao Phraya River basin will be cut by more than 55% starting Thursday.
The cabinet decided Tuesday to curtail water releases from 28 million cubic metres to 18 million cu/m per day to conserve supplies for consumption. Farmers and planters have been told to stop pumping water into their farmlands.