Floods damage 6.48m rai of fields
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A total of 6.48 million rai of plantation area has been damaged by floods in 47 provinces, the Commerce Ministry reported.
Of the total, 5.03 million rai of rice fields have been destroyed, along with 105,348 rai of cassava plantation areas, 3,138 rai of rubber plantations, 511,573 rai of dry crops, 602,297 rai of vegetables and fruits, and 45,125 fisheries and 676,745 livestock.
The ministry also reported that because of the flooding, only 25,665 tonnes of paddy rice had entered to the ricepledging project in the past six days.
