Govt sits idly by as China churns up the Mekong
Recently, a coalition of civil society groups, which has monitored development on and along the Mekong River, issued a frightening statement. Fluctuations of river flows during the past three decades have been at record highs, they said.
That is a big deal for people whose livelihoods depend on this international river, which runs from China through to Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam. The fluctuations have brought non-seasonal changing of water levels, causing overflows in the dry season and water shortages in the rainy season.
Nauvarat Suksamran
