Flood Protection Projects Being Implemented

The Inspector General of the Prime Minister’s Office Chamroen Yuttithamsakul reported on May 11, 2012 that implementation of flood protection and landslide warning projects was moving along with the 111 km dredging project of the Ping River nearing 95 percent completion and the 61 km dredging of the Mae Kuang River had been fully completed.

The landslide warning system has reached 87 percent completion and that city flood warning systems were more than 80 percent complete. More than 200 million Baht of the 575 million Baht earmarked for flood control in Chiang Mai has already been distributed and the government expects that the projects will all be fully completed in time for the rainy season.

Chamroen noted that there had been a 600 million Baht budget nationwide for 300,000 projects across the country and that he had been tasked by the Prime Minister’s Office to investigate their progress and to put pressure on the responsible Provincial agencies to accelerate completion of the projects. Timely completion of flood control projects will build confidence among both Thai people and foreign investors.