Pm Orders Urgent Action On Drought

[george]

PM orders urgent action on drought

BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has ordered his cabinet ministers to mobilize forces to come to the rapid aid of villagers affected by drought.

Several government MPs from the predominantly agricultural northeastern region have informed the prime minister that drought is threatening local farmland, with farmers in Khon Kaen, Kalasin and Buri Rum provinces finding themselves without rain for their new rice crops.

The prime minister has ordered the Interior Ministry to conduct a survey of drought-afflicted areas, while each province has been asked to use government funding to ease the plight of farmers and villagers.

The Ministry of Defence, meanwhile, has been asked to mobilize troops to pump up water and dredge canals as a stop-gap measure to allow water into paddy fields.

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will work to create artificial rain, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment will set up a drought command centre.

Mr. Thaksin has vowed to eliminate the dual problems of drought and flooding if he is elected for another term in office.

The next general election is scheduled for early next year.

-- TNA 2004-10-23

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Well I suppose if he uses the same tactics he used against drug dealers against farmers, there will not be many people left to complain.

[siamruby]

All the promises start now due to the general election! typical politician!

[astral]

I fear our Prime Mininster is suffering from dillussions of grandeur.

First he thought he could eliminate Bird Flu.

Now it is drought and flooding.

What next??????????????????

[bartender100]

He'e going to give it 2 weeks to rain,or he will sack the weatherman

[Felt 35]

War on "flooding"

[sublime]

Bar Patrons order urgent action on alchohol drought after 1am

[Darknight]

They can build a dam out of unused elite cards ??

[plachon]

PM orders urgent action on drought

Officials from the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives will work to create artificial rain, and the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Environment will set up a drought command centre.

Mr. Thaksin has vowed to eliminate the dual problems of drought and flooding if he is elected for another term in office.

The next general election is scheduled for early next year.

-- TNA 2004-10-23

They'll have a job making rain from blue skies! Excuse my ignorance Mr PM, but I would have thought a basic principle of rain making is having clouds to seed, but as there haven't been any clouds in the skies of Isaan for over a month now, with mimimum humidity, it would seem rather futile. I can only assume the said officials are expected to take planes up at great expense to the tax payer and smothering us all with chemicals, to show on the evening news the govt. is "doing something".

A bunch of officials dancing naked, chanting mantras and invoking rain from the gods, would probably have more chances of success, and would provide a lot more entertaining viewing at a lesser cost. how about it, Tox?

[francois]

hi'

Mr. Thaksin has vowed to eliminate the dual problems of drought and flooding if he is elected for another term in office.

The next general election is scheduled for early next year.

what a brilliant idea

he is going to be the first one who can command to rain and nice weather

big task to do within one year only ...

TCHAYO!! WAR ON RAIN AND FLOODING !!!

francois

[bmw]

The Water Pump.

[sublime]

yeah it is working well, look at how much water they are all standing in...

[Buster-Gonad]

The Water Pump.

Thats not a water pump didnt you hear Thailand has its own space program now and is to become the space hub of SE Asia.

Its called Popularist politics, its why business men do not necessarily make good politicians

[eljeque]

Next, he will declare that roofs will not leak and refrigerators will not break down.

What has he declared about traffic?

Did someone already mention Thailand becoming the hub of hubs? hubba hubba

[Darth Bangkok]

thailand can be the hub of rain dances

[sriracha john]

Recycle all that urine from the drug testing to ease the drought for farmers...