“There must be a National Water Resource Committee to propel works forward … and to be in charge of initial flood prevention in all regions for 2017-2018,” the premier said. Well, I can’t because all projects face objections [from the public and NGOs],” he said. The OAG also asked if such an apparently unprecedented practice had been implement in the fiscal year 2017 and 2016. As of yesterday afternoon, one village in Tambon Wang Chik was under up to 80 centimetres of water and residents had to use boats for transportation. Another village in Tambon Pho Prathap Chang and five more villages in Tambon Phai Tha Pho were also affected, while farmers hurriedly harvested rice paddies in flooded fields in the three tambons.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 15, 2017 16:52 UTC