The water level at Bhumibol dam has dropped to the most critical level in 51 years with only 410 million cubic metre of water which can be utilized and just four million cubic metre of water flowing into the dam a day, said Mr Natjapon Phumiwiangsri, assistant governor of Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.

Because of the critical low level of water in Bhumibol dam, the amount of water released from the dam has been adjusted down from 22 mcm to 10 mcm/day.

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