BANGKOK (NNT) - The Ministry of Labour is now arranging meal deliveries to locked-down workers’ camps in Bangkok and neighboring provinces due to COVID-19 containment measures. The campaign is aimed at helping affected workers while also ensuring that local restaurants gain revenue.

 

The Ministry of Labour has unveiled its plan to deliver free meals to workers at construction camps in Bangkok and neighboring provinces, while they are observing a 30-day lockdown order for COVID-19 containment.

 

Orders have been placed by the Ministry of Labour with restaurants and hawkers, through the Thai Restaurant Association, to produce boxed meals for delivery to affected camps from 12 to 27 July, all funded by the Ministry.

 

The Minister of Labour Suchat Chomklin, said today that the campaign helps alleviate the difficulties faced by workers at locked-down camps, while enabling food vendors to benefit financially.

 

He said the Ministry of Labour has been directed by the Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, and Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan, to work with related agencies and take care of workers affected by the containment measures.

 

The Department of Employment’s Director General Pairoj Chotikasathien said today that employment offices 1-10 in Bangkok, and provincial employment offices in Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, Samut Sakhon, Nakhon Pathom, and Samut Prakan will be responsible for arranging food orders and deliveries between hawkers or restaurants in their areas of responsibility, and the Thai Contractors Association responsible for delivering the meals to affected camps.

 

1,317 camps are currently sealed off from the outside as part of a 30-day lockdown mandate to contain COVID-19, with 520 camps located in Bangkok, and 797 located in the five neighboring provinces.

 

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 Hello! These poor workers have only been starving for ten days already.

11 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Ministry of Labour has unveiled its plan to deliver free meals to workers at construction camps in Bangkok and neighboring provinces, while they are observing a 30-day lockdown order for COVID-19 containment.

Hope the plan starts soon they must be starving already.

If there had not been such an uproar across Social Media about the treatment these Lockdown Workers are receiving, this probably would not have happened.

12 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

The Ministry of Labour is now arranging meal deliveries to locked-down workers’ camps in Bangkok and neighboring provinces due to COVID-19 containment measures. The campaign is aimed at helping affected workers while also ensuring that local restaurants gain revenue.

14 days into their being locked in and left with no way of feeding themselves amidst a promise by the PM, and its now going to be done.  What a bunch of BS that this government spreads.  False information and fake news along with deflection is there way of handling a crisis.   Tools the lot of them...

Nice plan, except the BMA won’t let them into camps.

12 minutes ago, ThailandRyan said:

14 days into their being locked in and left with no way of feeding themselves amidst a promise by the PM, and its now going to be done.  What a bunch of BS that this government spreads.  False information and fake news along with deflection is there way of handling a crisis.   Tools the lot of them...

False Information and Fake News being spread by this bunch of Idiots is fooling nobody.

The only people being kidded by this action is the Government.

Lyers are always caught out sooner or later, because they forget what they said in the past, and get picked up on it. They have to be extremely good at telling the same story for long periods without tripping over themselves.

Im sure most of them have already fled.  The prospects of no pay added with no food Id leave also.

Never any forethought with this government.

 

Real generals have a plan.