Rasi Salai Dam

[3] The Rasi Salai Dam was constructed by the Department of Energy Development and Promotion (DEDP) as part of the Khong-Chee-Mun Water Diversion Project.

DEDP claimed it was building a 4.5-metre rubber weir that would not raise water levels above the riverbank.

The water management system decided upon involves opening the dam's gates for four months every year, June to September.

[7] After on-going demonstrations by villagers, in 2000 the DEDP paid compensation to private property owners only.

As a result of 18 demonstrations against the Rasi Salai Dam, the Chavalit government paid compensation to 1,154 of the 3,000 affected families.

[8] In April 2019, almost 30 years after the dam's construction, the Royal Irrigation Department (RID), which took over the project from the Energy Ministry in 2002, agreed to make a final compensation payment of 600 million baht.