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PHRAE - Seven hundred villagers of Tambon Sa Eiab in Phrae's Song district Tuesday protested against the government's idea to proceed with the Kaeng Sua Ten Dam construction project as a long-term solution to droughts and flooding in the North.

The villagers submitted a letter of protest to the provincial governor and burnt effigies of the Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Thira Sutabutra and Irrigation chief Samart Chokanapitak, who are pushing for the project after it was shelved a decade ago.

They condemned Theera's order on February 23 to have the Royal Irrigation Department speed up the project as unfair  claiming there were other solutions to the problems of drought and floods. 

Claiming the project would affect the environment, culture and the community's way of life, the group vowed to stop anyone trying to proceed with the project.

The Nation