A stream streams through an location of Kaeng Sua Ten National Park that might be impacted by building of the Kaeng Sua Ten dam. (Photo: Thiti Wannamontha) The federalgovernment will restore a 200-billion-baht water management job to reduce extreme flooding in the Yom River basin in the North, with building of a questionable Kaeng Sua Ten dam being raised when onceagain. Phumtham Wechayachai, the caretaker deputy prime minister, stated on Saturday that he prepares to propose that the cabinet thinkabout positioning water enhancement on the nationwide program with a budgetplan of 200 billion baht. The strategy was started more than a years ago by the Yingluck Shinawatra federalgovernment however was interrupted by the coup in2014 The Yom River has its source in the Phi Pan Nam Range in Pong district of Phayao province. After Phayao, it streams through Phrae and Sukhothai as the primary water resource of both provinces before it signsupwith the Nan River at Chum Saeng district of Nakhon Sawan. “If the individuals concur, we [the government] would reevaluate the strategy to guarantee that the Yom River has flood storage locations like the Ping, Wang and Nan rivers,” Mr Phumtham stated on Saturday before dispersing 200 relief bags to flood-affected homeowners in Sukhothai province. “For those who oppose it, I desire them to talk with those who haveactually been withstanding floods their entire lives, as their voices matter.” When the Yingluck federalgovernment veryfirst thoughtabout the concept in 2011, a spendingplan of 2–3 trillion baht was approximated for the whole job. The expense today might be 5–6 trillion. Former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra informed a regional onlineforum last week that the brand-new federalgovernment requires to carryout a number of “megaprojects” throughout the rest of its term, particularly to address the nation’s persistent flooding and dryspell issues. Plodprasop makes the case The Kaeng Suea Ten Dam needto be developed in Phrae to avoid flooding in the North, argues Plodprasop Suraswadi, a previous Royal Forestry Departm
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