CHIANG RAI – The pipeline system constructed at the Dusit Technical Border Patrol Police School in Tambon Huai Chom Phu has been welcomed as an aid in times of water shortage, a major problem that the residents and students have endured for years.

There are smiles on the faces of Lisu hill-tribe people in Chiang Rai’s Muang district, when mentioning the newly installed water pipeline distribution system from the local mountain, were not just expressions of happiness, but also of great relief from past hardship.

Lisu villager Itsama Tamee told The Nation that she was happy that they would no longer need to walk 10 kilometers to access water.

“From now on, I can be sure that I will have more than enough water to use in my household and for my farming,” she said, commenting about the system that replaced the old, unreliable and poorer-built tap-water system.

Many locals, including the schoolchildren, expressed similar opinions about how the project would benefit the community, such as by functioning as a more efficient and sustainable water-supply network for agriculture and livestock.

The construction was jointly organized by Boon Rawd Brewery’s Singha Asa volunteers group, the Phraya Bhirom Bhakdi Foundation and Mae Fah Luang University.

Besides the Dusit Technical Border Patrol Police School, the project will also soon equip another 17 remote schools under the Border Patrol Police’s care with pipeline distribution systems.

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