Thailand: As floods loom, control plan ordered
Deputy Prime Minister Chatchai Sarikulya Thursday ordered relevant agencies to devise preventive measures against flooding which will be proposed to the prime minister this month.
Speaking on this year's measures against flooding at the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) Thursday, Gen Chatchai said agencies were required to submit their initial plans to tackle inundation to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who chairs the National Water Board, by May 21.
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