AYUTTHAYA, 02 September 2015, – Ayutthaya Provincial Administrative and Agricultural offices are working to help fish farm owners, as continuous rains have spoilt rice crops, polluted water in farmland and subsequently killed tens of thousand of fish in the farms.
Director of the Provincial Office for Natural Resources and the Environment Pranakornsriayutthaya, Wittaya Hadnil, said the event was reported in Maha Rat District.
He explained that the polluted water came from a combination of chemical fertilizer, and rotting rice plants and grass, via a canal that was shared between flooded farmland and nearby fish farms.
Initially the officials released fresh water to push polluted water away from the affected areas. They expect the water quality to return to normal within a month.
The natural resource office will also provide new stocks of farm fish for affected agriculturalists and release more fish into the natural habitat.
