The Water Resource Department cancelled the public hearing for the Phru Lan Kwai water retention scheme in Yala, planned for Wednesday, after villagers, religious leaders and environmentalists protested. The project would use 15,000 rai in Raman (Yala) and Thung Yang Daeng (Pattani) to hold Pattani River floodwater. The site is a Ramsar wetland used for rice, fishing and cattle. No new hearing date was given in the article. For businesses in Yala and Pattani, this is a delay in a flood-control project that could affect land, farming and fishing supply chains, so watch for a rescheduled hearing.