CHAI NAT -- Excavators mounted on barges are being used to clear a large mass of water hyacinth from the Chao Phraya River upstream of the Chao Phraya Dam to improve the flow of storm water coming from the North. An aerial view of Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat's Sappaya district. He had ordered it removed because water was flowing into the dam at high volume as a result of heavy rain in the North. At Jiraprawat military camp in Muang district of Nakhon Sawan, the flow had been measured at 1,482 cubic metres per second. Mr Damrongkorn expected the dam to be completely cleared of the water hyacinth in 10 days.

Source: Bangkok Post September 22, 2016 03:33 UTC