Minister Thammanat orders the Royal Irrigation Department to manage water for maximum efficiency in accordance with the Prime Minister's orders. Ready to urge all agencies to help farmers affected by the disaster in order to relieve their suffering as much as possible.
Captain Thammanat Phromphao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, held a meeting with Mr. Settha Thavisin, Prime Minister via VDO conference system, to receive the Prime Minister's orders for resolving the flood situation. Yesterday Captain Thammanat was monitoring the flood situation in 3 provinces: Lampang, Phrae and Sukhothai.
Captain Thammanat said Instruct the Royal Irrigation Department to manage water and expedite drainage with maximum efficiency to prevent the effects of water overflowing the banks and flooding in various areas, including the Wang River Basin, which has flooded areas due to the amount of water in the Wang River overflowing its banks. Affecting parts of Lampang and Tak provinces. Yom-Nan River Basin From the amount of rain that falls in Phrae Province causing the amount of water in the Yom River to increase Starting to have an impact on some parts of Sukhothai province.
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For the Chao Phraya River Basin The amount of water at Nakhon Sawan Province (Station C.2) continues to increase. This is because the water volume in the Ping River and Nan River continues to rise. This makes it necessary to manage water and organize water traffic in the lower Chao Phraya Basin. By controlling the amount of water flowing through the Chao Phraya Dam to have the least impact on downstream areas.
As for the Chi-Mun river basin In the upper area of the Chi River basin, the water volume began to decrease continuously. In the lower Chi River area, water still overflowed its banks in Kalasin, Roi Et, and Yasothon provinces. But there is a trend of decreasing. In the Mun River basin, there is flooding in the Ubon Ratchathani province. Due to the amount of water in the river bank area of M. 7 Station, Warin Chamrap District This amount of water will flow into the Mekong River. which received a report from the Royal Irrigation Department that At present, water can be continuously drained.
In addition, the Royal Irrigation Department has been assigned to prepare machinery and tools. With officials waiting to help the people in each area. and integrate with the local government and related sectors Get help urgently along with orders to prepare operational plans for each area and in the overall picture of the province Wherever there can be a water storage area, action must be taken immediately. At the same time ordering other agencies of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives to help farmers as much as possible
Captain Thammanat brought relief bags to disaster victims in Lampang Province. Lampang Province has an area of 7,833,726 rai, of which 1,036,512 rai or 13.23 percent is agricultural land. Important economic crops include first-year rice, second-season rice, animal feed corn, cassava, pineapple, smooth oranges, and rubber, which during the past 27 - 30 Sept. 2023. During heavy rains, water overflows the banks and inundates people's homes and agricultural areas in 8 districts, 35 subdistricts, 144 villages. Currently, 5 districts are in disaster zones.
In 2024, the Royal Irrigation Department plans to build 2 reservoirs and 2 cheek links to store water in the upstream and tributary basins. It is also an aid to agriculture and flood relief.
Source: Thai News Agency