China helps alleviate drought
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CHINA is releasing more water from a dam in the southwestern province of Yunnan to help alleviate a drought in parts of Southeast Asia, the foreign ministry said yesterday. An initial release began last month.
On Monday, water was released from the Jinghong dam, and will continue to flow until the “low water period” is over, ministry spokesman Lu Kang told a daily news briefing.
The amount of water released will be determined by how much water there is to release upstream and the demands of downstream users, Lu said.
China’s releases of water show the effectiveness of “water facilities” in helping control floods and address droughts, he said.
China has said that the water released will benefit Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam.
In Vietnam, some 1.8 million people are facing shortages and 230,000 hectares of rice have been destroyed in the central and southern regions this year.
Thailand is facing its worst water shortage in two decades.
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