PM to inspect canals; govt to outline flood-prevention efforts

Meanwhile, flooding in Tak’s Mae Sot district, which has prompted Governor Suriya Prasartbundit to declare a disaster zone and allocate Bt3 million to assist disaster victims, yesterday left residents without tap water. Suriya said flood levels had started to subside and the level of the Moei River had fallen by 30-40cm, adding that 20 factories forced to close because employees could not safely travel to work would re-open tomorrow. He said officials were fixing the tap-water pumps and digging channels to allow flood water to drain into the Moei River more quickly. Flooding also hit Myanmar’s Myawaddy province, where 1,800 people were reportedly forced to set up dwellings along the Asia Highway.