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PUBLISHED: 6 Aug 2024 at 05: 44
The state will lay out a half-trillion-baht liquid management strategy for the next three decades in a bid to improve the nation’s water safety.
Srettha Thavisin, the prime minister, expressed his deep concern for water security at a meeting held on Monday at the Royal Irrigation Department ( RID ) and urged all relevant organizations to develop a comprehensive water management plan.
According to Mr. Srettha, a sizable portion of the government’s budget is used annually to help and/or pay compensation for flood victims.
He claimed that increasing liquid safety is of crucial importance because the government has also opened up opportunities for foreign investments in new, highly water-intensive industries.
The Office of the National Water Resources ( ONWR ) will create a three-year water management plan that includes initiatives to improve the country’s water security, according to the premier.
By August, the government is anticipated to have submitted the plan for approval.
Additionally, he directed the ONWR, RID, and Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency ( Gistda ) to closely monitor flood risk during the rainy season and develop a comprehensive disaster mitigation plan for flood-prone areas.
4.5 million homes will have access to clean water as part of the program, which is estimated to cost the state 548.4 billion ringgit over the next three years.
The program may also get to reference 12 of the 22 million ray of non-irrigated property across the country to irrigation programmes, improving the government’s resilience against droughts.
However, it does improve the country’s total ocean reserves to 4.7 billion cubic metres, with liquid retention zones holding about 1.9 billion square metres.
The plan may include projects that include the construction of new dams, improving water channels in rural areas, habitat rehabilitation, and the creation of new water retention zones as part of these goals.
Mr. Srettha promised to stop the 2011 storms from repeating themselves.
The prime minister claimed that the government has a thorough water resources management plan in place to stop and deal with normal disasters.
The waters management program, according to Agriculture Minister Thamanat Prompow, follows the 20-year water managing platform established by the previous administration.
” We want to view results while we are still in state. We want the public to appreciate the government’s solid performance on water management”, he said, adding that some projects will be carried out under a public-private partnership ( PPP ) model due to budget limitations.