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Buriram Province - General Category => Thailand News clippings => Topic started by: Admin on September 19, 2011, 12:05:35 PM
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Yingluck: B5,000 for flood-hit homes
Published: 19/09/2011 at 11:24 AM
Bangkok Post: Online news:
Households which were flooded for more than seven days would each receive a 5,000 baht relief payment from the government, a message posted on Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's Facebook page confirmed on Monday morning.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visits people in flood-hit areas on Sept 18, 2011. (Photo by Apichit Jinakul)
"These flood relief measures have already been set and approved.
"Each household affected by flooding will receive a payment of 5,000 baht in compensation and the government started this on Sept 18," Ms Yingluck's message says.
Provincial governors had been instructed to urgently inspect flood-affected fields so farmers would receive prompt assistance.
The Public Health, Social Development and Human Security, and Interior ministries were closely overseeing the people’s well-being in flood-hit areas, the message says.