According to Royalty News:
…Kalasin [villagers] were seeking royal help as their community was hit repeatedly by natural disasters.
The villagers suffered from droughts during the dry season and heavy flooding during the rainy season. The King has ordered authorities to turn an area covering 886 rai of land adjacent to Lampao-Chi River in Rong Kham and Kamalasai districts into a a flood retention area.
The army will play a key role in the project…expected to cost about 400 million baht, with work starting at the end of this month. Construction of the flood retention area will take five months…
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King Bhumibol of Thailand, while meeting with US President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. Siriraj Hospital, in Bangkok, Thailand, Nov. 18, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
