Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has welcomed the move by the ruling Palang Pracharath Party (PPRP) to nominate him as its prime ministerial candidate in the next election, government spokesman Thanakorn Wangboonkongchana said on Tuesday.
Mr.Enkhtuvshin Sevjid, Director-General of the National Agency for Meteorological and Environmental Monitoring of Mongolia, and Dr.Surasri Kidtimonton, Director-General of Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation of the Kingdom of Thailand signed the Joint Action Programme (JAP) for Technical Cooperation on Weather Modification
The king and the cloud
The story behind the Royal Rainmaking Project in Thailand Suvat Chirapant Suvat Chirapant
In the drought-prone plateau of Isan in the northeastern region of Thailand, farming is the way of life for almost half of the population. Dependent on rainfall to sustain their crops, farmers would traditionally gather at the beginning of the wet season to shoot homemade Bang Fai rockets to the sky to ask the weather god to release the monsoon. According to folklore, the higher and louder the rockets blast into the sky, the better. The deity will likely be more pleased with the offering and allow plentiful rainfall for the season s harvest.
Thai officials test artificial rain to combat air pollution Duration: 03:11 Environmental officials are hoping that artificial rain will help to clear air pollution choking northern Thailand. The toxic haze of PM 2.5 particles have blanketed parts of Khon Kaen province as well as the capital Bangkok this month. It is caused by a combination of agricultural burning of waste crops, a lack of wind and rain and low-pressure weather which traps the pollution in the air. However, councils chiefs are using the Royal Rainmaking Project an initiative by King Bhumibol Adulyadej in November 1955, that helps farmers who suffered from the effects of drought by using artificial rain. The project will now be implemented by the Department of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation to alleviate the problems of increasing levels of PM 2.5 in the air in Bangkok and the surrounding areas. Surasee Kittimonton, Director General of Department of Royal Rainmaking said: If levels of PM 2.5 continue t