PUBLISHED: 22 Sep 2024 at 06: 43
The state will quicken its compensation plan, including soft loans and duty measures, for hospitality businesses hit by the new flood, according to an established.
Minister of Tourism and Sports, Sorawong Thienthong, said no Saturday that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s authorities had discussed the prepare since Wednesday.
He claimed that the government is currently working on a number of methods, including an offer for a one-month deduction from household tap water and electricity costs.
Government support methods, such as soft money with low interest rates, will also be extended to commerce businesses, he said.
The state is also available to any suggestions that would help to create a more effective settlement system, according to Mr. Sorawong, because the authorities need the operators ‘ opinions regarding their problems.
According to Mr. Sorawong, the aid measures for hospitality businesses are scheduled to begin in about two weeks as different sectors are currently conducting damage assessments, noting that the government will also do a damage assessment of each site.
State officials have also visited the regions to check on the residents who were impacted by the flooding.
In Muang and Tha Bo regions, lieutenant finance minister Julapun Amornvivat and prime minister’s office chancellor Jiraporn Sindhuprai presented 1, 000 bundles of necessary supplies and food to locals in Nong Khai state in the north, one of the areas impacted by the Mekong River’s overflowing since Sept. 13.
Mr. Julapun claimed that the government had approved a 3 billion baht payment resources, some of which will be added to the 20 million bass resources that the Nong Khai municipal government has set aside to assist its residents.
If the state needs more monetary assistance, he said, the state may request another 100 million ringgit from the Central Budget Bureau.
According to a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry, Varawut Silpa-archa and Anutin Charnvirakul, the minister of inside and human security, traveled to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.
Although some of the ocean had dried up, it left a huge amount of dirt, particularly in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai city, she said.
She added that the ministers went to flooded victims in Chiang Mai’s Mae Ai area and that they had even visited locals for a cleanup mission.