{"id":7362,"date":"2023-03-24T00:16:32","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kokko.go.th\/?p=7362"},"modified":"2023-03-24T00:18:15","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:18:15","slug":"pasak-cholsit-dam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kokko.go.th\/?p=7362","title":{"rendered":"Pasak Cholsit Dam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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This<\/span> is<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> flooding<\/span> in<\/span> the Pasak<\/span> River<\/span> basin<\/span> during the<\/span> flood<\/span> season<\/span> and<\/span> water<\/span> shortage<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> summer<\/span>.<\/span> This<\/span> happens<\/span> annually<\/span>. His<\/span> Majesty<\/span> King<\/span> Bhumibol<\/span> Adulyadej<\/span> therefore<\/span> asked<\/span> the Royal<\/span> Irrigation<\/span> Department<\/span> to<\/span> study<\/span> the suitability<\/span> of<\/span> building<\/span> a<\/span> dam<\/span> to<\/span> solve<\/span> the<\/span> problem<\/span>.<\/span> On<\/span> February<\/span> 19,<\/span> 1989<\/span>, the<\/span> Council<\/span> of<\/span> Ministers<\/span> approved<\/span> the<\/span> opening<\/span> of the Pasak<\/span> River<\/span> Water<\/span> Storage<\/span> Dam<\/span> project<\/span> after<\/span> studying<\/span> its suitability<\/span> and<\/span> environmental<\/span> impacts<\/span>.<\/span> Pasak Cholsit<\/span> Dam took<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 5<\/span> years<\/span> to complete<\/span> construction<\/span> from<\/span> December<\/span> 2<\/span>, 1994 to<\/span> September<\/span> 30<\/span>, 1999<\/span>, and the inaugural<\/span> ceremony<\/span> of the dam was held on June<\/span> 15<\/span>, 1998<\/span>, with<\/span> Princess<\/span> Maha<\/span> Chakri<\/span> Sirindhorn<\/span> as The<\/span> President<\/span>, and<\/span> on<\/span> October<\/span> 7<\/span>, 1998<\/span>, His Majesty<\/span> King<\/span> Bhumibol<\/span> Adulyadej<\/span> named<\/span> the<\/span> dam<\/span> “Pasak<\/span> Cholsit<\/span> Dam”,<\/span> which<\/span> means<\/span> “Pasak<\/span> River<\/span> Dam<\/span> that<\/span> holds<\/span> water<\/span> efficiently<\/span>“<\/span>.<\/span> His<\/span> Majesty King<\/span> Bhumibol<\/span> Adulyadej<\/span>,<\/span> accompanied<\/span> by<\/span> Her Majesty<\/span> Queen<\/span> Sirikit<\/span> and<\/span> Her<\/span> Royal<\/span> Highness<\/span> Princess<\/span> Maha<\/span> Chakri<\/span> Sirindhorn<\/span>, held the opening<\/span> ceremony<\/span> of the<\/span> Pasak<\/span> Cholsit<\/span> Dam<\/span> on<\/span> November<\/span> 25<\/span>, 1999<\/span>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n