Govt accepts drinking water and money donations for drought stricken people



BANGKOK, 22 July 2015 (NNT)-The Prime Minister’s Office is encouraging all Thais to donate money and bottles of water to help those affected by the drought crisis.

Minister to the Prime Minister’s Office M.L. Panadda Disakul said the donations will be delivered to more than 100 centers set up nationwide at the initiative of His Majesty the King to provide water for consumption.

Donations have so far been made by 13 organizations, both public and private. The water distribution centers under the Royal Patronage have been set up in 53 provinces. Residents in those provinces have all expressed their gratitude towards His Majesty the King for his concern for their plight.

Meanwhile, Transport Minister Prajin Jantong said road collapses had been reported in many areas especially roads running along dried-up canals. 127 spots have already been repaired and now opened to traffic.

Four more spots which are located along Khlong 13 and 14 canals in Pathum Thani, are still being fixed. He said road collapses are caused by the lack of water to maintain the integrity of the road and heavy trucks.

Additional road construction is expected to take place to promote long term safety. Roads will be built further away from the canal. It is estimated that 750 million baht will be spent on the construction.


-- NNT 2015-07-22

One of the wonderful things about this country (and I am not being sarcastic here) is that I am sure hundreds of thousands of Thai families from all walks of life will get behind this call and give generously in the same way that they did during the floods. I can only hope that the army manages the donations better than the government of the day did during the floods.

Nothing about any donation from the Government or rich MPs. A good time for a photoshoot. No, let the poor look after each other. Luckily there are some good charities to help in times of need.

they should take the money from corrupt officials as the money they steal comes directly from the tax payers.

If previous governments had done due diligence on this important facet of life" water " none of this would be happening, instead Thailand got a great flood mitigation policy.

Thai govt accepts drinking water and money donations for drought stricken people...

Yep! That's right. Sit back on your fatcat butts and let others take care of the problem. To Hell with putting in pipelines for the poor buggers.

Edited July 22, 201510 yr by Fullstop

Government accepts money from the private sector to assist in care for the public sector which they themselves are in charge off. Says it all

aka, the army will have plenty of water to drink and a lot of cash to spend