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
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ONWR pushes drought mitigation plan
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BANGKOK (NNT) - ONWR chair DPM Gen Prawit Wongsuwan has ordered related agencies to solve the flooding disaster in the southern region and prepare a mitigation plan for the expected drought disaster this year, minimizing the impact on the general public.
The Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) Secretary General Somkiat Prajamwong has announced the outcome of a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, saying that the ONWR will be working to instigate short-term drought mitigation projects such as the construction of groundwater wells for a March-April completion, while developing a long-term plan to find good sources of ground water.
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.