Kanchanaburi’s five districts are set to benefit from a water diversion tunnel project that aims to alleviate drought problems. The project, which is valued at 12 billion baht (US$ 335,746,080), seeks to transfer 378 million cubic metres of water from the Srinagarind Dam, the largest dam in the western region, to an area of 200,000 rai in the Huay Krachao, Lao Khwan, Bo Phloi, Nong Prue and Phanom Thuan districts of Kanchanaburi.
The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) completed the feasibility study of the project across five districts in April 2021, according to the project’s advisory team representative, Chaitas Imsamranrat. The tunnel, with its length of 20.5 kilometres and width of 4.2 metres, is planned to be executed in four stages.
The first phase involves directing water beneath a mountain at an average depth of 500 metres to…
