Rice growers led by Khwanchai Mahachuenjai, vice chairman of the Farmer Club of the Central region, gathered Friday at the Sena district office to meet district chief Theeraphol Sirinanuwat and representatives from the Phak Hai Operations and Maintenance Project of the Royal Irrigation Department.
They requested that the Phai Hai water sluice be opened 100 centimetres to release water into fields in Sena, Bang Sai, Phak Hai, Bang Sa-ai and Lat Bua Luang districts.
The farmers reasoned that the Noi River was about two metres higher than their fields, so the timing was right to release water for the farmers' first supplementary crop, which requires four months to grow.