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One of the two units was the Aviation Section under the Agricultural Aviation Division which was responsible for all aircrafts. The other one was the Royal Rainmaking Section under the Royal Rainmaking Operations Office which was responsible for Royal Rainmaking.
The scope of work of the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation has increased to include the following:
1) Royal Rainmaking operations to increase water volume in reservoirs for the use of farmers and other people in the adjacent areas
2) Studies and researches on weather modification technology, development and other related areas
3) Aviation support for conservation of natural resources and environment, agricultural operations or any related operations conducted by other government agencies
4) Establishment of eight Royal Rainmaking Operation Centers responsible for basins, covering twenty-five main basins
A former Director-General, Mr.Warawut Khantiyanan, recalled the period of time when the Royal Rainmaking Research and Development Institute had already become the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation, with six central units, equipped each with aircrafts, a scientist team and officers, providing services in response to petitions requesting
“The requests for Royal Rainmaking usually came from the same areas where droughts were recurrent; such as Nakhon Ratchasima or Chaiyaphum in the Northeast or from the lower and the upper North. However, it took a long time (almost one month) for the requests to arrive at the office. What we did was to set an annual rainmaking plan and approach strategy. When it was time, we started our operation by temporarily setting up an operation unit without receiving the petitions. After having finished the operation, we moved to another province.
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