BANGKOK, Oct 2 – Thailand’s Industry Ministry has given its assurances that industrial estates nationwide would be free from floods this year.
Industry Minister Prasert Boonchaisuk said a 24-hour flood monitoring centre has been opened to give prompt assistance to industrial operators.
So far, 39 factories and 14 community enterprises have been affected by floods and damages were initially estimated at Bt4 million, he said.
He said the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has prepared anti-flood measures and a six kilometre dyke to protect the Saha Rattana Nakhon industrial estate in Ayutthaya province, some 80 km north of Bangkok.
In the eastern province of Prachin Buri, the minister pledged that 304 industrial estates in Kabin Buri district and Saha Pat industrial park would not be hit by floods.
The latest report as of yesterday said 39 industrial estates in seven provinces – Udon Thani, Si Sa Ket, Surin, Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Chantaburi and Suphan Buri – have been affected by floods, and manufacturing has been suspended in four provinces of Ubon Ratchathani, Chanthaburi, Suphan Buri and Prachin Buri.
