5 The Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation will start royal rain-making operations sooner this year.
1 People started to suffer early and severe water shortages in many provinces.
3 The Cabinet will consider the establishment of an operation center to solve the water crisis, which will be chaired by the Prime Minister.
1 The water level in the Mekong River drops to about one meter in Thailand’s northeastern province of Nakhon Phanom as the worst drought in 50 years continues.
7 The Royal Irrigation Department cut water discharge at four major dams while asking farmers to refrain from growing off-season rice due to low water supply.
3 The National Water Resources Office (NWRO) warns that severe drought in 2015 is recurring in this dry season and it needs 2.62 million baht
4 The Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives ordered the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to set up a command centre for drought prevention and mitigation.
6 Drought concerns prompt Thai prime minister to inspect water management and conservation efforts in the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum.
7 Prime Minister is visiting Chaiyaphum province to follow up on an effort to address drought disaster, and observe sugar cane modern farming.
11 The Royal Irrigation Department has a limited amount of water for distribution in the upcoming dry season and warns of water shortages in many farming zones.
1 An ad hoc water management center hopes rainfalls from tropical storm Podul help solve water shortage at the country’s major dams.
4 Rains add water at main reservoirs by more than 7 billion cubic meters this month and the number of drought-stricken provinces
