Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra admitted on her radio show last week that “severe flooding” may happen again in Thailand this year.
She said that her government would do their best to handle the problem and that participation from all organizations is crucial, NNT reported.
The government has set up two million rai of land as a water retention zone and is currently surveying flood-prone areas to designate areas for water diversion. The NNT article also said that the government will help locals in flood-prone areas to “adapt themselves to a new lifestyle, for example, by introducing them to jobs in water-related fields.”
Water had already begun to be released from dams to help with flooding and officials are checking dam construction, Yingluck said.
Yingluck is scheduled to visit flood-hit provinces from today Feb. 13 to Feb. 17 to work out increased financial assistance from the THB5,000 government compensation plan.
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