Dam tests spark crisis

22 July 2019
Bangkok Post
Hydropower dams
Dam tests / Mekong River / water level / Xayaburi Dam

Thailand has asked the Lao government to suspend the test run of the Xayaburi dam, in order to curb the worsening drought that has hit provinces along the Mekong River.

The Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR) yesterday revealed that it submitted an official letter yesterday, calling for the test run to be temporarily paused.

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 Apinya Wipatayotin

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