2,000 engineering corps troops to repair houses in Bangkok
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The Second Army Region will dispatch 2,000 engineering soldiers to repair flood-damaged homes in Bangkok after flood subsided.
Second Army Region chief Lt-Gen Thawatchai Samutsakhon said the soldiers, sent along with tools and one million EM balls, would be divided into 108 teams and be ready to mobilize upon an order. Previously the army had dispatched 1,572 soldiers along with 268 vehicles and 183 boats to assist flood-affected people, as well as delivering 13 floating toilets worth Bt100,000, which were made by Rajamangala University of Technology Isan teachers and students, to flood-affected Bangkokians.
The Nation
