Southerners making 200 bamboo rafts for victims
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The Southern Border Provinces Administration Centre, local offices and local residents have joined forces to produce 200 bamboo rafts to aid flood victims in Central Thailand.
Residents of Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala brought bamboo rafts to the centre yesterday to make the 1.2m x 2m rafts, along with 10,000 bottles of drinking water and some instant food products.
The Energy Ministry yesterday reported that the flood disaster in Bangkok and vicinity provinces has forced the closure of 279 gas stations.
Ministry spokesman Pachara Naripthapan said 39 stations were closed in Bangkok, 57 in Nonthaburi, 84 in Pathum Thani, 66 in Ayutthaya, 13 in Nakhon Sawan, six in Chai Nat, three in Lop Buri, four in Ang Thong, and one each in Phichit, Samut Prakan, Sing Buri, Saraburi, Uthai Thani, Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom. He said oil reserves were still sufficient hence there was no need to stockpile petrol. In addition, 86 NGV stations were closed – 19 in Bangkok, 35 in Pathum Thani, 20 in Nonthaburi, five in Samut Prakan, four in Ayutthaya, two in Chon Buri and one in Rayong.
