Restoration begins in flood-ravaged Chiang Rai

Navy personnel deliver food and essential items to flood victims as the floodwater continues to recede in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai. (Photo: Royal Thai Navy)
As the floodwaters continue to fade in the Mae Sai area of Chiang Rai, Navy personnel deliver meals and essential items to overflow victims. ( Photo: Royal Thai Navy )

After the waters receded, workers have begun the enormous job of cleaning, repairing, and rebuilding Chiang Rai’s flood-devastated areas, leaving behind meters-thick mud and mounds of debris. &nbsp,

A chunk of flood-damaged homeowners were left behind in the Muang and Mae Sai regions, which were hardest hit by the flood, on Sunday as the water started to pour off. Dirt can be found everywhere.

The thick mud waste in many homes in Mae Sai’s Tham Pha Chom community was occasionally more than three meters deep. Without first clearing it out, people could n’t even enter their homes once more.

Because their homes were functionally unsound and uncomfortable, and because the mud and the current, raging floods had destroyed everything, many residents were forced to evict.

Local media reports that some people said they could not even start sweeping up the dirt and putting away any items of equipment and clothing because there was still no clear tap waters. &nbsp,

Puttipong Sirimart, the government of Chiang Rai, claimed that the province had previously provided assistance and services to the afflicted people. &nbsp,

Job gangs, assisted by participants, faced a difficult task in returning the communities to standard. &nbsp, &nbsp,

On Tuesday and Wednesday, prisoners who were scheduled to be released from prison were given assignment to assist with the clean-up project, and a momentary free laundry facility had been established at the municipal office.

Food and important items were being delivered to stranded storm families by Navy officers. &nbsp,

Sites that escaped the storm deluge- quite as schools, universities, hotels and firm premises- were opened as shelters and payment centres. &nbsp,

Numerous landowners in Chiang Rai have even offered free parcels of land as locations where dug mud may be dumped.