Water shortage ‘will hit after Songkran’

Conserving water must be made an urgent national priority to cope with a water shortage crisis expected to hit Thailand after Songkran if precautions are not taken, a consultancy firm says.

Water stocks in four major reservoirs which are the main sources of water in the Chao Phraya River basin currently stand at half of what they were in the same period last year, said Chawalit Chantararat, chief executive officer for the international sector of TEAM Group of Companies.

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