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Government includes Thailand's ongoing flooding crisis on national agenda
BANGKOK, October 8 (TNA) - Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has included the country's ongoing flooding crisis on the national agenda, calling on all people to join forces with her administration to get the country through the vast floods currently, the worst in two decades.
Speaking during her weekly talk show, “Yingluck Government Meets People”, broadcast live on government-run television and radio networks nationwide this morning, Premier Yingluck conceded that the widespread inundations, which first hit the country in late July, have now reached a critical level.
Yingluck insisted that all parties concerned, including the military, are working hard to drive the floodwater down to the sea in the Gulf of Thailand to minimize flood damage and to prepare for, probably, new coming storms, after nearly 60 provinces in almost all parts of the country have been inundated, causing hardships to people in the affected areas.
During her televised address, broadcast live nationwide on Friday night, Yingluck acknowledged that even Bangkok is now under threat from the country's worst floods. Hours later new heavy downpours hit the Thai capital, causing inundations in some 17 areas, including some parts of Ratchada, Lat Phrao, Nawamin and Srinagarindra Roads.
Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra inspected the flooded areas in the city on Saturday morning, saying that he expected the floodwater from the torrential downpours overnight should be receding shortly, as it has been drained out to the newly-constructed Rama 9 Tunnel, which can cater up to 80,000 cubic metres of water.
Meanwhile, the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) confirmed that all dams under its supervision have remained strong, dismissing public concerns over any crack of the dams. (TNA)
Speaking during her weekly talk show, “Yingluck Government Meets People”, broadcast live on government-run television and radio networks nationwide this morning, Premier Yingluck conceded that the widespread inundations, which first hit the country in late July, have now reached a critical level.
Yingluck insisted that all parties concerned, including the military, are working hard to drive the floodwater down to the sea in the Gulf of Thailand to minimize flood damage and to prepare for, probably, new coming storms, after nearly 60 provinces in almost all parts of the country have been inundated, causing hardships to people in the affected areas.
During her televised address, broadcast live nationwide on Friday night, Yingluck acknowledged that even Bangkok is now under threat from the country's worst floods. Hours later new heavy downpours hit the Thai capital, causing inundations in some 17 areas, including some parts of Ratchada, Lat Phrao, Nawamin and Srinagarindra Roads.
Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra inspected the flooded areas in the city on Saturday morning, saying that he expected the floodwater from the torrential downpours overnight should be receding shortly, as it has been drained out to the newly-constructed Rama 9 Tunnel, which can cater up to 80,000 cubic metres of water.
Meanwhile, the state-run Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) confirmed that all dams under its supervision have remained strong, dismissing public concerns over any crack of the dams. (TNA)
