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Thai PM has leverage over this week’s heavy rains
BANGKOK, September 23 (TNA) - As Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra prepares to embark on her next flood inspection trip to Lopburi Province this Sunday, the Thai leader renews her confidence in handling more rains anticipated over the next 2-3 days.
Yingluck told reporters Friday of her preparation after chairing a video-conference with governors from provinces severed by the latest round of flooding, including from Chai Nat, Sukhothai and Lop Buri.
Yingluck said that during the meeting, she had urged the authorities to constantly follow-up on flood situations and that she would be keeping close tabs, in order to expedite relief operations, including rehabilitation for areas where floodwaters had receded.
Yingluck also reported on the success in the use of ferries to drain out floodwaters into the sea in six locations, saying she had learnt that the military would be deploying more boats for the operation.
According to Yingluck, all provinces had now installed measures to cope with more rainwater in the next 2-3 days.
She added that because the central relief budget had been totally expended for initial flood relief works, she had now coordinated with concerned departments to acquire redundant funding they may be withholding, in order to channel through more assistance to the people.
Meanwhile, giving further reference to Friday’s video-conference on the flood situation, government spokesperson Thitima Chaisaeng said Premier Yingluck was determined to facilitate more efficient and systematic ways of handling the ongoing disaster.
According to the Thitima, Yingluck would also head off this Sunday to visit flood victims in Ban Mi and Khok Samrong districts of Lop Buri province.
The Government Savings Bank (GSB) also reported that, as of September 21, 2011, some 111,092 families across 26 flood-affected provinces had been reimbursed with the cabinet’s 5,000-baht compensation plan. The amount so far accounted for some 70 percent of the total 174,000 flood-affected families across 36 provinces. (TNA)
Yingluck told reporters Friday of her preparation after chairing a video-conference with governors from provinces severed by the latest round of flooding, including from Chai Nat, Sukhothai and Lop Buri.
Yingluck said that during the meeting, she had urged the authorities to constantly follow-up on flood situations and that she would be keeping close tabs, in order to expedite relief operations, including rehabilitation for areas where floodwaters had receded.
Yingluck also reported on the success in the use of ferries to drain out floodwaters into the sea in six locations, saying she had learnt that the military would be deploying more boats for the operation.
According to Yingluck, all provinces had now installed measures to cope with more rainwater in the next 2-3 days.
She added that because the central relief budget had been totally expended for initial flood relief works, she had now coordinated with concerned departments to acquire redundant funding they may be withholding, in order to channel through more assistance to the people.
Meanwhile, giving further reference to Friday’s video-conference on the flood situation, government spokesperson Thitima Chaisaeng said Premier Yingluck was determined to facilitate more efficient and systematic ways of handling the ongoing disaster.
According to the Thitima, Yingluck would also head off this Sunday to visit flood victims in Ban Mi and Khok Samrong districts of Lop Buri province.
The Government Savings Bank (GSB) also reported that, as of September 21, 2011, some 111,092 families across 26 flood-affected provinces had been reimbursed with the cabinet’s 5,000-baht compensation plan. The amount so far accounted for some 70 percent of the total 174,000 flood-affected families across 36 provinces. (TNA)
