PUBLISHED: 27 Nov 2024 at 04: 54
In order to restore Chiang Mai to its natural state following major storms, Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra may keep her second mobile cabinet meeting in Chiang Mai under the heading” From Flood To Flourish.”
The repair project has been allocated a 256 million baht funds, with proposals from the Chiang Mai business area.
According to government official Jirayu Houngsub, Ms. Paetongtarn is preparing to travel to Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai, two counties that have recently experienced flooding. From November 28 through December 1, she will chair her earliest mobile cabinet meeting and lead official inspection trips it.
Ms Paetongtarn’s attend to the top North may focus on pressing issues, including monitoring the problems of cloud and forest fire smoke, as well as PM2.5 good dust pollution, which is widespread during the great season in the North. The boundary drug trafficking will also be on the agenda for the meeting.
Tourism development after the floods will be higher on the agenda as well. Due to the floods, the market experienced a setback, and visitor confidence needs to be restored, which will help to revive the area’s economy.
On November 29, Chiang Mai will host the portable cabinet meeting.
Through 18 tasks, including path repairs and the re-landscaping of flood-stricken areas, one of the therapy proposals is to rebuild and strengthen basic infrastructure. Additionally, hillside structure protection developments and spillway gates that control the flow of water need to be fixed.
Five hospitality restoration initiatives are in progress, including making Chiang Mai a world heritage city and conducting additional tourism promotion initiatives.
In addition, reduction measures have been suggested to help flood victims, including extending the deadlines for paying business income and rate increases for land and building taxes, suspending loan and interest payments, removing import duties for equipment parts and components, removing electricity and tap waters fees for disturbed businesses, and social security measures.
In his capacity as director of the disaster operations center, deputy prime minister Phumtham Wechayachai claimed a working group had already planned a long-term solution for flooding and landslides in the North.