PUBLISHED: 19 Oct 2024 at 04: 58
Post-flood healing work in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai area is almost complete, the government’s activity center for helping flood, storm and landslide victims said on Friday, adding the work in all affected communities is expected to be completed by Monday as planned.
Ultimately, the recovery labor was about 96 % complete, said Jirayu Huangsab, in his ability as a spokeswoman for the middle, citing an upgrade provided by the council’s ahead command in Chiang Rai.
The Ministry of Labour is offering to examine electric cable in their homes for free and re-wire them if needed, according to Mr. Jirayu, while local people are preparing to return to their homes.
When its Mae Sai mission is complete, the government is already concentrating on Mae Sai and will then turn its attention to helping flood victims in other regions.
However, in terms of disaster reduction, Chiang Rai’s sub-committee on routing, good use of water, and maintenance and preservation of the flow of the Sai and Ruak rivers on Thursday decided to set up a team to study communities along the Sai and Ruak rivers, said Mr Jirayu.
The team will also work to increase understanding between these communities about the necessity of constructing a 5-kilometer flood wall stretching from the second Thai-Myanmar friendship bridge to Pha Chom cave, he added.
The Thai side will inform the Thailand-Myanmar joint committee on the fixed boundary between the Sai and Ruak rivers, which is scheduled to meet in December, about the resolution of the subcommittee, according to Mr. Jirayu.
The remaining work, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ), includes removing sediment and debris from some roads in the Muang district. The agency sent 85 workers and heavy equipment to 13 flood-affected areas in Chiang Rai on September 19. The teams have so far assisted in removing 4, 100 cubic meters of mud.