Anupong instructs officials to rush help to 27 cold-spell hit provinces

FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2015
Anupong instructs officials to rush help to 27 cold-spell hit provinces

Interior Minister Gen Anupong Paochinda said Friday that officials are rushing help to poor people in 284 districts of 2 central provinces, 12 northern provinces and 13 northeastern provinces that have been declared cold-spell disaster zones.

Chatchai Promlert, director general of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department, said 23,865 villages or 31.83 per cent of villages nationwide have been hit with cold spell.
The Nation