Cabinet approves East Chao Phraya irrigation improvement project

MGR Online•Politics•1d ago

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The Cabinet approved the Lower East Chao Phraya Irrigation System Improvement Project with a total budget of 95,000 million baht to manage floods and droughts.

•The Cabinet authorized the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives' Royal Irrigation Department to implement the project.
•The project has a total budget of 95,000 million baht over a 6-year period from fiscal years 2027 to 2032.
•The project covers 22 main irrigation canals and 23 water control buildings across 8 provinces.
•The project aims to increase water management efficiency and sustainably solve recurrent flooding in the Chao Phraya Basin.

Overview

•The Cabinet approved the Lower East Chao Phraya Irrigation System Improvement Project managed by the Royal Irrigation Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives.
•The project budget is 95,000 million baht, consisting of 76,507.29 million baht in loans (80.53%) and 18,492.71 million baht from the annual expenditure budget (19.47%).
•The project implementation period is 6 years, spanning fiscal years 2027 to 2032.
•Phase 1, with a budget of 40,507 million baht, focuses on dredging and expanding north-south canals such as Khlong Raphi Phat and Khlong Dan to drain water directly into the Gulf of Thailand.
•Phase 2, with a budget of 54,493 million baht, will carry out the remaining construction sequence.
•The project covers 22 main canals totaling approximately 460 kilometers and 23 water control buildings in Saraburi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Nakhon Nayok, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan, Chachoengrao, and Bangkok.
•The project will increase water intake into Khlong Raphi Phat from 210 to 400 cubic meters per second and increase drainage into the Gulf of Thailand via coastal canals to 144 cubic meters per second.
•The project is expected to reduce flood damage by an average of 10,000 million baht per year, protect over 258,000 rai of community and economic areas, and increase dry season water storage by over 17 million cubic meters per year.

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Key Entities

Organization

Cabinet(ครม.)

The government body that approved the Lower East Chao Phraya Irrigation System Improvement Project.

Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives(กระทรวงเกษตรและสหกรณ์)

The ministry authorized to implement the irrigation improvement project.

Royal Irrigation Department(กรมชลประทาน)

The department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives responsible for the project's operation.

Person

Captain Patdarasmi Thongsaluaykorn(ร้อยเอกหญิงภัทร์ดารัสมิ์ ทองสลวยกร)

The Deputy Government Spokesperson who announced the Cabinet's resolution.

Policy

Lower East Chao Phraya Irrigation System Improvement Project(โครงการปรับปรุงระบบชลประทานเจ้าพระยาฝั่งตะวันออกตอนล่าง)

A 95,000 million baht project to improve water management and solve floods and droughts in the Chao Phraya Basin.

Place

Gulf of Thailand(อ่าวไทย)ℹ️

The destination for water drainage via the project's canal system.

Khlong Raphi Phat(คลองระพีพัฒน์)

One of the priority canals for expansion in Phase 1 of the project.

Khlong Raphi Phat Yaek Tai(คลองระพีพัฒน์แยกใต้)

One of the priority canals for expansion in Phase 1 of the project.

Khlong 13(คลอง 13)

One of the priority canals for expansion in Phase 1 of the project.

Khlong Nakhon Nueang Khet(คลองนครเนื่องเขต)

One of the priority canals for expansion in Phase 1 of the project.

Khlong Phra Ong Chao Chaiyanuchit(คลองพระองค์เจ้าไชยานุชิต)

One of the priority canals for expansion in Phase 1 of the project.

Khlong Samrong(คลองสำโรง)ℹ️

One of the priority canals for expansion in Phase 1 of the project.

Khlong Dan(คลองด่าน)

One of the priority canals for expansion in Phase 1 of the project.

Saraburi(สระบุรี)ℹ️