Phuket Governor heads up relief mission for floods near airport
Suthicha Sirirat


Thalang District Chief Veera Kerdsirimongkol (left, blue shirt) briefs Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong (right, blue shirt) on the flood situation. Photo: Suthicha Sirirat

PHUKET: -- Phuket Governor Nisit Jansomwong and a bevy of officials today (August 14) inspected the Nai Yang area, south of Phuket International Airport, to investigate the flood situation and check up on flood victims whose homes have been damaged by floodwaters since last Friday August 7.

Royal Thai Navy personnel are providing boats so residents can access their homes, and HRH Princess Soamsavali Kitiyakara has dispatched Associate Professor Dr Pichit Suwanprakorn, Vice President of the Princess Pa Foundation (click here), to deliver 270 disaster-relief packages to flood victims.

Governor Nisit, who also visited flood-affect residents last night, arrived at the village this morning by boat with Royal Thai Navy personnel and spoke with more residents affected by the flood. He also ordered every department involved to do their best to help ease the situation.

“Today, the flood water is less than a metre deep and officials are using a backhoe to excavate land to drain the water, and we have four trucks pumping the floodwater out,” said Gov Nisit.

“The water now only covers the roads in Baan Nai Yang and Baan Kokmud. If there is no rain tonight, everything will be back as normal by tomorrow.”

Gov Nisit ordered the Phuket Provincial Health Office (PPHO) to take steps to prevent any outbreak of water-related diseases, and the Phuket chapter of the Red Cross has handed relief packages with basic necessities, including food.

“For the long-term solution, we will have a meeting with all departments involved to find the best and fastest way to solve this problem,” Gov Nisit assured.

“As for the cost of the damage, officials are surveying the area to determine the extent and cost of the damage done so we can proceed securing further assistance.”

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-governor-heads-up-relief-mission-for-floods-near-airport-53636.php

-- Phuket News 2015-08-14

for the long term solution we will leave our fingers lodged firmly in our ears until the complaints go away...

I see the drought has been sorted then

...to deliver 270 disaster-relief packages to flood victims

Ah yes, I saw the lady with her clipboard come round this morning to make a list of all Thai people (rich and poor), to hand out these goodie-bags to.

She took a quick look at me, jumped on her motorbike and was never seen again.