CHAIYAPHUM: The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is building the Lam Nam Chi reservoir in Ban Khwao district of this northeastern province to help alleviate the chronic water shortage in the kingdom’s northeastern region.
Once completed, the 3.1-billion-baht reservoir will be able to hold some 70.21 million cubic metres (m³) of water — enough to water some 75,000 rai of farmland and cover household consumption for 7,556 families in both Chaiyaphum and neighbouring Khon Kaen, the government said.
“The project has come a long way since it was initiated by the late King Rama IX in 1983. We plan to start pumping water from the reservoir by 2026,” Sol Jindasa-nguan,…
