The government has taken on board His Majesty the King's advice and will see to it that all flooded areas [in the city area] are dry before the end of the year, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said after the cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Ms Yingluck said cabinet ministers, particularly Interior Minister Yongyuth Wichaidit, will visit areas under their responsibility to solve flood-related problems. She said 80 to 100 communities were still flooded.
These communities must be quickly drained and dry by the end of the year so that the people could happily celebrate the New Year.
The Finance Ministry had been instructed to consider how to best help people whose houses, cars and motorcycles were damaged by the flood, she said.
Asked about conflict in the flood relief operations, she said Justice Minister Pracha Promnok, the director of the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc), had been told to stick to solving problems through peaceful means.
She said the government's organisation of the celebration of His Majesty the King's 84th birthday anniversary on Dec 5 has successfully brought the people of all walks of life together, enabling them to forge a better understanding.
She declined to reply when asked about the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle after the New Year.
In his birthday speech delivered on Monday, His Majesty the King called on all sides to put aside their differences and work in unity to help flood victims and develop sustainable water management mechanisms.
Government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang said the cabinet meeting today approved a total budget of 19.7 billion baht for restoring infrastructure damaged by the great flood and for improving the well-being of flood victims.
Of the total, 12.9 billion baht will be spent on repairing the basic infrastructure and 6.8 billion baht on improving the quality of life of flood-affected people, Mrs Thitima said.
Deputy government spokesman Chalitrat Chantarubeksa said a special cabinet meeting will be held to review the budget for restoration of public facilities to prevent duplication of projects proposed by various agencies and to set priorities.
Mr Chalitrat said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra instructed the Secretariat of the Cabinet to arrange the special cabinet meeting.
She was reacting to a suggestion by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, because provincial governors had made a lot of proposals which might result in projects being duplicated.
Governors of flood-hit provinces would be invited to attend the meeting to give details on their projects, he said.
He said the secretariat of the Cabinet had not yet to schedule a date for special cabinet meeting.
Mr Chalitrat said Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan told today's cabinet meeting that restoration of seven flooded industrial estates has partially completed.
The deputy spokesman said Mr Pichai informed the meeting that floodwater had been pumped out of four out of seven inundated industrial estates.
Production at the four restored estates, including Hi-Tech, Bang Pa-in, Rojana and Factoryland, stood at about 20 per cent, according to the minister.
Full production in all seven estates should begin in Dec 15, he added.
Five of the seven estates are in Ayutthaya: Saha Rattananakorn, Hi-Tech, Bang Pa-in, Rojana and Factoryland. The other two, Nava Nakorn and Bangkadi, are in Pathum Thani.
Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said the cabinet today agreed in principle to spend about 1.4 billion baht to restore more than 300 historical sites damaged by floods across the country.
She said after the meeting that the money would be spent repairing 313 flood-damaged sites in 41 provinces under the post-flood rehabilitation plan.
The cabinet also agreed with the Religious Affairs Department's request for another 45 million baht to restore and rehabilitate 141 mosques and churches damaged by the flooding, said Mrs Sukumol.
The minister said the Fine Arts Department had already prepared restoration plans for 121 of the 313 historic sites.
These communities must be quickly drained and dry by the end of the year so that the people could happily celebrate the New Year.
The Finance Ministry had been instructed to consider how to best help people whose houses, cars and motorcycles were damaged by the flood, she said.
Asked about conflict in the flood relief operations, she said Justice Minister Pracha Promnok, the director of the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc), had been told to stick to solving problems through peaceful means.
She said the government's organisation of the celebration of His Majesty the King's 84th birthday anniversary on Dec 5 has successfully brought the people of all walks of life together, enabling them to forge a better understanding.
She declined to reply when asked about the possibility of a cabinet reshuffle after the New Year.
In his birthday speech delivered on Monday, His Majesty the King called on all sides to put aside their differences and work in unity to help flood victims and develop sustainable water management mechanisms.
Government spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang said the cabinet meeting today approved a total budget of 19.7 billion baht for restoring infrastructure damaged by the great flood and for improving the well-being of flood victims.
Of the total, 12.9 billion baht will be spent on repairing the basic infrastructure and 6.8 billion baht on improving the quality of life of flood-affected people, Mrs Thitima said.
Deputy government spokesman Chalitrat Chantarubeksa said a special cabinet meeting will be held to review the budget for restoration of public facilities to prevent duplication of projects proposed by various agencies and to set priorities.
Mr Chalitrat said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra instructed the Secretariat of the Cabinet to arrange the special cabinet meeting.
She was reacting to a suggestion by Deputy Prime Minister Chalerm Yubamrung, because provincial governors had made a lot of proposals which might result in projects being duplicated.
Governors of flood-hit provinces would be invited to attend the meeting to give details on their projects, he said.
He said the secretariat of the Cabinet had not yet to schedule a date for special cabinet meeting.
Mr Chalitrat said Energy Minister Pichai Naripthaphan told today's cabinet meeting that restoration of seven flooded industrial estates has partially completed.
The deputy spokesman said Mr Pichai informed the meeting that floodwater had been pumped out of four out of seven inundated industrial estates.
Production at the four restored estates, including Hi-Tech, Bang Pa-in, Rojana and Factoryland, stood at about 20 per cent, according to the minister.
Full production in all seven estates should begin in Dec 15, he added.
Five of the seven estates are in Ayutthaya: Saha Rattananakorn, Hi-Tech, Bang Pa-in, Rojana and Factoryland. The other two, Nava Nakorn and Bangkadi, are in Pathum Thani.
Culture Minister Sukumol Khunploem said the cabinet today agreed in principle to spend about 1.4 billion baht to restore more than 300 historical sites damaged by floods across the country.
She said after the meeting that the money would be spent repairing 313 flood-damaged sites in 41 provinces under the post-flood rehabilitation plan.
The cabinet also agreed with the Religious Affairs Department's request for another 45 million baht to restore and rehabilitate 141 mosques and churches damaged by the flooding, said Mrs Sukumol.
The minister said the Fine Arts Department had already prepared restoration plans for 121 of the 313 historic sites.
The department earlier said it would need two years to completely repair all flood-hit historical sites. A total of 130 of the 313 sites are in Ayutthaya.
Bangkok.
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