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The Thai Supreme Administrative Court rejected claims that buying power from the dam would cause environmental damage.
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The Thai Supreme Administrative Court rejected claims that buying power from the dam would cause environmental damage.
The Thai Supreme Administrative Court rejected claims that buying power from the dam would cause damage.
news Against the currents The Bangkok Post © The Bangkok Post For people living along the Mekong, the river is their ‘mother’. Photos: Piyanan Jitjang and courtesy of the Mekong Butterfly Through disasters, a fellowship was struck. Ormboon Thipsuna remembers the date well, Aug 12, 2008, when a deluge of water from the Mekong swept through her hometown of Nong Khai and seven riparian northeastern provinces. Considering the rainfall was rather small and the Mekong’s gradual seasonal pace of fluctuations, many locals believed the sudden mega-flood, at times water levels ...