Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has ruled out former deputy prime minister Suthep Thaugsuban’s proposal that the government buy rubber from farmers at 60 baht a kilogramme, saying he would solve the problem systematically starting Tuesday afternoon. “Our integrated approach involves taking action at upstream, midstream to downstream levels. We’ll buy rubber at slightly above-market prices […]
A rubber farmer who previously survived a gun attack died after being shot again near a plantation in Songkhla’s Na Mom district on Wednesday, police said. Adisorn Sirichai, 43, was found with multiple gunshot wounds on a road in tambon Pichit, said Pol Lt Col Uthit Onthon, a duty officer at Na Mom police station, […]
BANGKOK, 31 July 2015 (NNT) – Rain yesterday brought real hope to people living in twenty two drought-affected provinces in the Chao Phraya River Basin as it brought over fifty one million cubic meters more of water to main dams within a single day, reveals Deputy government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd. Such a considerable amount of […]
The Royal Irrigation Department has urged farmers not to pump water into their fields over the next three days, during which the agency will assess the drought situation in different areas, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda said yesterday. The department has only been allowing water to be channelled into areas suffering severe drought and will provide […]
BANGKOK, 18 July 2015 (NNT) – Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has instructed the Ministry of Interior to survey drought-hit areas across the country in another move to step up assistance measures. According to General Prayut, he is particularly concerned with farmers in the central region where the prolonged dry season remains unabated, whereas other regions […]
Farmers in several drought-stricken provinces in the Chao Phraya River basin have spurned the government’s calls to halt pumping water for agricultural use. The move came as water discharges from four major dams in the Chao Phraya River basin were cut from 28 million cubic metres per day to 18 million cu/m Thursday. Read more: […]
Activists have criticised the government for singling out farmers to consume less water and not targeting other heavy water users. The campaigners said urban residents and the business sector should work to shoulder the burden of water shortages with farmers. Read more: Bangkok Post
A 45-year-old caretaker of a farm was arrested after evidence showed he electrocuted three elephants in Palau forest in Hua Hin district of Prachuap Khiri Khan Sompong Yapakdi faced intense questioning by police last night and later confessed to the electrocution. Read more: thaipbs.or.th
