rooster59 Posted January 6, 2017 Share Posted January 6, 2017 Southern flood situation upgraded into Level 3 Public Disaster As the flood situation in southern provinces is getting worse posing threat to lives and properties of the people, Interior Minister Anupong Paochinda announced the upgrading of management of large-scale disaster to Level 3. Exercising his authority as commander of the National of Public Disasters Prevention and Mitigation Command, General Anupong announced the setup of forward commands in Surat Thani and Songkhla to coordinate relief efforts of all governmental agencies to help flood victims. Interior deputy permanent secretary Prayoon Rattanaseni was appointed to be in charge of the two forward commands. Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/southern-flood-situation-upgraded-level-3-public-disaster/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-01-07 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 Investments in functioning drainage systems and flood prevention appear more important, than investing in high speed trains or Submarines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhinhh Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 41 minutes ago, tomacht8 said: Investments in functioning drainage systems and flood prevention appear more important, than investing in high speed trains or Submarines. All aspects of infrastructure are important why do one thing and leave the other. Good railway tracks could also move some transport volume of merchandize away from the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomacht8 Posted January 7, 2017 Share Posted January 7, 2017 5 hours ago, hhinhh said: All aspects of infrastructure are important why do one thing and leave the other. Good railway tracks could also move some transport volume of merchandize away from the roads. Yes but only railway tracks without an equivalent flood prevention is nothing. Integrated infrastructure planning is here often unfortunately inadequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.