Mekong communities urged to organise emergency plans
A COMMUNITIES-LED emergency response plan is being advocated to cope with water hazards and dam disasters on the entire Mekong River Basin, as climate change magnifies the threats of water disasters posed by dams. Local Thai people in seven northeastern provinces along Mekong River gathered in Bueng Kan yesterday for a public seminar on the impacts of dam projects in the river basin. They agreed that the recent widespread and destructive floods in the lower Mekong River Basin resulted from the combination of extreme precipitation and the adverse impacts of regional dams.
