Thailand raises drought alarm as water trucks deployed for villages


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BANGKOK, May 8 (The Nation Thailand/ANN): Concern over possible severe drought in Thailand this year is rising after the Rural Roads Department (RRD) ordered its offices nationwide to prepare water distribution for rural residents.

The department also instructed provincial offices to check roads along reservoirs and irrigation canals over fears they could subside due to the drop in water levels.

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