I learned that "land filling is taking place 'everywhere' -- without concerns for neighbors and downstream properties.

<Note 2> Currently, landfills (to raise ground level over flood level before building) 'appear' uncontrolled. Neighboring lands are affected (flooded by rising flood level) and unable to claim for compensation. So, landfill control law is a must. This law should allow landfill only when its environmental effects are negligible. In another word landfill must be applied for and approved by local authorities not to increase local flood level nor to upset any environmental balance. In practice, this law says a water reservoir and/or a water channel must be created to counter effects of the proposed landfill and the wildlife (fauna and flora) habitats are not destroyed.

This law does have wider implications in conservation, land and water management -- nationally. Experiences with floods and rescues management this year (2553 BE) show a case of urgent and strong need to manage landfilling in a fair-and-just way for much wider concerns -- not just locally but along the waterflow corridors downstream.