‘Lt. Col. Thammanat’ visits Phrae to monitor flood situation

'Lt. Col. Thammanat' visits Phrae to monitor the flood situation and provide assistance to farmers in the area. Lt. Col. Thammanat Prompao, Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, visited the flood situation in Phrae Province and handed out relief bags and offered encouragement to the victims. Mr. Nuanit Pholken, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives, and executives of agencies under the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives also visited Ban Long Lue Bun, Song District, Phrae Province, to hand out relief bags and relief supplies to flood victims, including over 1,300 relief bags, 300 bags of rice, 400 packs of drinking water, and animal feed. In this regard, the impact on agriculture, crops (data as of August 23, 2024) has been reported. There are 8 districts, 41 sub-districts in total affected areas. The estimated total damaged area is 19,756 rai, divided into 9,542 rai of rice, 9,757 rai of field crops, 457 rai of fruit trees, 600 boxes of economic insects (bees) . The relevant agencies have been assigned to survey the damage and plan for compensation for the affected farmers. Then traveled to monitor the water situation and flooding problems at Mae Yom Weir, Song District, Phrae Province, where the Yom River situation (data as of 24 August 2014 at 10:00 a.m.) at the Y.20 water measurement station, Ban Huai Sak, Song District, Phrae Province, the water level has decreased. While the Yom River Weir has a water flow rate of 426 cubic meters per second, the water level is approximately 79 centimeters higher than the bank. At Y.1C Station (Ban Nam Khong Bridge), Mueang Phrae District, the water flows through 1,400 cubic meters per second, the water level is still approximately 2.4 meters higher than the bank, with a tendency to decrease. 'Regarding the flood situation in Phrae Province, the Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives is ready to support tools and officials to help farmers in the area, including ordering an urgent survey of damages to crops, livestock, and fisheries to urgently find ways to help farmers in the short term, and mobilize all subordinate agencies to jointly solve the problem in an integrated manner. The Ministry of Agriculture, through the Royal Irrigation Department, has been planning water drainage in the Yom River Basin and closely monitoring the situation to alleviate the suffering of farmers in the area,' said Lt. Col. Thammanat.- Source: Thai News Agency