BANGKOK, Sept 18 — Prime Minister Yingluck Shinwatra on Sunday presided over a ceremony to send off relief caravan from Government House to aid flood victims in Ang Thong, Ayutthaya and Uthai Thani provinces before she proceeded to inspect the flood situation in Nonthaburi.
Many agencies joined to provide assistance to be delivered by the caravan of 23 trucks.
Thirty flatbottomed boats and 210 boats will be delivered to Ang Thong, Ayutthaya and Uthai Thani; 8,000 relief packages will go to Udon Thani, 3,000 to Ayutthaya and 1,000 to Ang Thong.
Sixteen mobile toilets are being sent to Ayutthaya, and two water trucks, one ambulance and two rescue vehicles with 94 emergency toilets joined the caravan to help flood victims.
Ms Yingluck said the caravan came from public donations to help flood victims in 55 provinces. Flood-affected families will initially be given Bt5,000 per household plus a relief package.
A committee will be set up to provide care, and to consider and approve financial aid to distribute the assistance to all victims.
After the ceremony at Government House, Ms Yingluck was scheduled to inspect flood situation in Nonthaburi’s Pak Kret district and Wat Chimplee in Koh Kret.
The premier is to visit flood victims at a mosque in Tha-id subdistrict and Wat Chalermprakiat until 1pm before taking boat trip from Nonthaburi pier to the Royal Thai Navy Convention Center to inspect the water level and flood prevention dykes along the Chao Phraya River.
