Special Report: Unique way to life at upper Songkhla Lake under threat
The RID’s sluice gate against sea-water intrusion is being introduced on Pak Pra canal without Residents’ knowledge, posing threat livelihoods and their self-sufficient economy as much as the lake ecosystems.
“Lom Nok”, or the seasonal easterly wind, has started to blow inland, signalling 64-year-old farmer Samruay Rerng-iad of Pak Pra village to rush to her “Na Le”, the unique semi-flooded rice fields on the upper rim of Songkhla Lake, to harvest her rice before rains and run-offs from the Bantad mountain range arrive.
Piyaporn Wongruang
