BANGKOK (NNT) - The Deputy Prime Minister has ordered urgent aid be provided to flood victims and called for drainage to be aided while water reserves are prepared for the dry season.

 

Deputy Prime Minister Gen Prawit Wongsuwan headed the third National Water Resource Committee meeting of 2021 via video conference, ordering all agencies to expedite their programs while publicizing warnings for the public against water disasters. The meeting approved further progress on the Khlong Kapong Reservoir in Chachoengsao and a water diversion project in Rayong, instructing the Royal Irrigation Department to speed up the undertaking.

 

The DPM then pressed relevant agencies to control flooding and provide aid to those affected in all regions, including providing needed equipment, machinery and transportation. He noted post-flood assistance must also be provided and reserves should be topped up.

 

The committee also approved a rehabilitation plan for Khlong Saen Saeb and made it the chief blueprint for safety, beautification and water quality along the canal. The waterway is to be protected from encroachment as well as the intrusion of salt water.

 

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Come January there will be a drought if everything goes as per normal.

Prawit is desperate to be seen as a good guy.

He adds nothing to the country.

17 minutes ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

ordering all agencies to expedite their programs

Well that will solve the problem. Not.

Gen Prawit orders more pies.

1 hour ago, mikebell said:

Gen Prawit orders more pies.

Ill  deliver it 

This guy should keep his mouth shut and let The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation get on with their job.

He could get his mate the ex heroin minister to help out now he is unemployed 

7 hours ago, mikebell said:

Gen Prawit orders more pies.

Finally a man who has his priorities straight.

4 hours ago, mahtin said:

This guy should keep his mouth shut and let The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation get on with their job.

They don't work on weekends

 

the easiest way to skim cream is on emergency committees and aid programs.

This money is from special reserves, not planned and done is haste. 

22 hours ago, Denim said:

Come January there will be a drought if everything goes as per normal.

No such beast as a drought period here, even though some persist on imagining so. 

If it's any consolation, there is a hot/dry season. 

They must have these speeches on laminated cards, I seem to recollect hearing these very words last year - and the before, before, before, before etc ????????????