PM instructs concerned agencies to expedite help for flood-hit victims
BANGKOK, Aug 20 - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Saturday instructed concerned agencies to expedite help for flood-hit victims as flooding remains critical in 12 provinces.
The premier made remarks as she chaired a teleconference meeting with governors of flood-hit provinces at the Interior Ministry with Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, Information and Communications Technology Minister Gp Capt Anudith Nakornthap, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk and Agricultural Minister Theera Wongsamut in attendance.
Ms Yingluck stated that people needed urgent help from the government and the operation should be carried out with integration of all parties.
A special centre will be set up to offer one-stop service so that problems will be solved faster, according to the premier.
"Concerned agencies should focus on finding more water retention areas, additional water drainage, and dikes to control water flow," Ms Yingluck told the meeting.
Ms Yingluck also assigned concerned agencies to set up an additional emergency budget for a water drainage operation and that the Irrigation Department should consider the Monkey Cheeks Project (Kaem Ling) to prevent flooding in the central region.
The Monkey Cheeks project, initiated by his Majesty the King, is a water organization system for the flood season to prevent, as well as reduce, flooding in the lower Chao Phraya river basin via draining waterways such as ditches and canals into small reservoirs. This is similar to a monkey holding banana bits in its cheeks.
The prime minister re-emphasised work in four aspects including: preparedness for flooding, rapid response to the situation to help the affected people, flood relief measures and prevention of renewed inundation.
Phitsanulok's Bang Rakam district will be used as a pilot project in an attempt to solve flooding countrywide, called "Bang Rakam Model," while th! e ICT mi nistry will link all data with computer systems so that the information on the flood situation will be fully coordinated, added Ms Yingluck.
Meanwhile, Wiboon Sa-nguanpong, director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, reported in the meeting that 28 provinces have been declared as facing emergency disaster and while the situation has eased in 16 provinces, another 12 remain critical under floodwaters.
928,046 people in 88 districts in 12 provinces have been affected by floods. The provinces include Sukhothai, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Phetchaboon, Nakhon Nayok, Ayutthaya, Ang Thong, Roi Et, Kalasin and Ubon Ratchathani.
Governors in charge of areas under high level of floodwaters also reported their situations and relief measures to the prime minister via teleconference and pledged that they have done their best to handle the problems. (MCOT online news).
The premier made remarks as she chaired a teleconference meeting with governors of flood-hit provinces at the Interior Ministry with Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, Information and Communications Technology Minister Gp Capt Anudith Nakornthap, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk and Agricultural Minister Theera Wongsamut in attendance.
Ms Yingluck stated that people needed urgent help from the government and the operation should be carried out with integration of all parties.
A special centre will be set up to offer one-stop service so that problems will be solved faster, according to the premier.
"Concerned agencies should focus on finding more water retention areas, additional water drainage, and dikes to control water flow," Ms Yingluck told the meeting.
Ms Yingluck also assigned concerned agencies to set up an additional emergency budget for a water drainage operation and that the Irrigation Department should consider the Monkey Cheeks Project (Kaem Ling) to prevent flooding in the central region.
The Monkey Cheeks project, initiated by his Majesty the King, is a water organization system for the flood season to prevent, as well as reduce, flooding in the lower Chao Phraya river basin via draining waterways such as ditches and canals into small reservoirs. This is similar to a monkey holding banana bits in its cheeks.
The prime minister re-emphasised work in four aspects including: preparedness for flooding, rapid response to the situation to help the affected people, flood relief measures and prevention of renewed inundation.
Phitsanulok's Bang Rakam district will be used as a pilot project in an attempt to solve flooding countrywide, called "Bang Rakam Model," while th! e ICT mi nistry will link all data with computer systems so that the information on the flood situation will be fully coordinated, added Ms Yingluck.
Meanwhile, Wiboon Sa-nguanpong, director-general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, reported in the meeting that 28 provinces have been declared as facing emergency disaster and while the situation has eased in 16 provinces, another 12 remain critical under floodwaters.
928,046 people in 88 districts in 12 provinces have been affected by floods. The provinces include Sukhothai, Phichit, Phitsanulok, Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Phetchaboon, Nakhon Nayok, Ayutthaya, Ang Thong, Roi Et, Kalasin and Ubon Ratchathani.
Governors in charge of areas under high level of floodwaters also reported their situations and relief measures to the prime minister via teleconference and pledged that they have done their best to handle the problems. (MCOT online news).
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