870 families affected by
the series of floods that hit Pattaya this rainy season line up to
receive a 5,000 baht payment from the city.
Manoon Makpol
Up to 870 families affected by the series of floods
that hit Pattaya this rainy season received 5,000 baht each, along with
more promises from city officials to fix the inadequate infrastructure
behind the problem.
Deputy Mayor Wutisak Rermkitkarn, Banglamung District
Chief Chawalit Saeng-Uthai and area MP Poramet Ngampichet gathered at
Pattaya School No. 6 Oct. 13 to hand out the stipends to 870 victims of
September’s floods.
Chawalit said that even as area politicians pushed
the national government for relief funds, they were surveying impacted
areas to come up with longer-term improvements.
Among them are an improved drainage system for the
Thamsamakkee Temple neighborhood, clearing of blocked drainage canals in
Naklua and South Pattaya and installing new pumps and pipes to clear
standing water around the city.
Officials thanked the local flood victims for their
patience and noted that, even as the city deals with its own rainy
season issues, residents are reaching out to victims of
much-more-serious flooding elsewhere in the country. Wutisak said
donation boxes around the city have seen a continuous flow of gifts.
