The Pheu Thai Party has opposed the planned implementation of a project to build a 135km-long flood canal from the Pasak River in the Central Plains to the Gulf of Thailand.
Plodprasop Suraswadi, head of the party’s water management infrastructure reform, said the planned project should not be given the go-ahead because it will be costly to build at an estimated 100 billion baht.
The project has not been studied thoroughly, he said, adding that the current caretaker government should let the next administration decide its fate.
The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) on Monday said it would press ahead with the project, which would help drain floodwater faster across the Central Plains basin during the rainy season and mitigate water shortages in the dry season.
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