PUBLISHED : 5 Aug 2023 at 04:00
Nakhon Si Thammarat: A boy from an impoverished family in this southern province was able to get a replacement for the dilapidated roof of their house after his petition seeking help from His Majesty the King received a positive reply.
Thirat Thongphet, 9, lives in a village in tambon Khuntalay in Lan Saka district.
In his petition dated April 4, he wrote that the wooden roof had been damaged by termites, and he feared that while he was asleep, it could collapse on him any day.
The boy wrote that his mother died in December 2018, and he now lives with his aunt in the house. They have no money to repair the roof, so he decided to write a petition.
The Office of the Privy Council later forwarded the letter on May 4 to the Nakhon Si Thammarat governor to inform him of the boy’s plight.
On Thursday, Sophon Promkaew, mayor of tambon Khuntalay, visited the boy and inspected the house.
Workers were subsequently called to replace the termite-damaged wooden roof with a stronger metal one.
The replacement roof required a budget of about 60,000 baht and is expected to take about one week to finish installing, Mayor Sophon explained.