A Cabinet meeting, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, yesterday approved a budget of Bt721 million for two projects to tackle next year's drought, Government Spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday.
The first was a Bt604-million project to build 30 "monkey cheek" water retaining areas in five Northeastern provinces: Nakhon Phanom (9), Nong Khai (6), Bung Kan (4), Loei (3) and Mukdahan (8). It will be overseen by the Royal Irrigation Department.
Sansern said such "monkey cheek" areas - with a combined storage capacity of 12.77 million cubic metres of water before it poured into the Mekong River - would benefit 14,680 rai of land and 6,030 households.
The second project was a Bt117-million plan to build sandbag check dams at 526 locations along small canals nationwide.
A Cabinet meeting, presided over by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, yesterday approved a budget of Bt721 million for two projects to tackle next year's drought, Government Spokesman Maj-General Sansern Kaewkamnerd said yesterday.The first was a Bt604-million project to build 30 "monkey cheek" water retaining areas in five Northeastern provinces: Nakhon Phanom (9), Nong Khai (6), Bung Kan (4), Loei (3) and Mukdahan (8). It will be overseen by the Royal Irrigation Department.Sansern said such "monkey cheek" areas - with a combined storage capacity of 12.77 million cubic metres of water before it poured into the Mekong River - would benefit 14,680 rai of land and 6,030 households.The second project was a Bt117-million plan to build sandbag check dams at 526 locations along small canals nationwide.
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