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Chiang Mai (Mizzima) – China has refused to release water from dams on the upper Mekong River, saying that there is a drought in Yunnan region even as lower Mekong countries suffer water shortage.
Abhisit Khampilo, Director of Chiang Rai Province's Marine Transportation and Commercial Navigation Office said on Thursday that Thailand's Marine Department has requested the Chinese government to release water from four dams on Mekong River in southern China to allow commercial boats to ply on Mekong because the water is shallow now.
"Chinese authorities have said they cannot release the water because Yunnan province is facing drought and they need to reserve the water for their people. They said that they had to wait for the rainy season," he said, according to a report in a Thai news website Komchadluek on Tuesday.
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