Yotchana visits Pua flood recovery, seeks 100M emergency fund

Matichon•Politics•5d ago

Reader Briefing

Deputy Prime Minister Yotchana Wongsawas visited mud-stricken areas in Pua District, Nan Province, to coordinate emergency funding and structural recovery.

•Yotchana Wongsawas visited Ban Sila Daeng (Ban Fai) in Pua District, Nan, on August 21.
•The Deputy Prime Minister requested an increase in the emergency government reserve fund to 100 million baht.
•Recovery efforts include integrated housing repair budgets from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security.
•Structural solutions involve building check dams, dredging the Nan River, and implementing Cell Broadcast alert systems.

Overview

•On August 21, Yotchana Wongsawas and a delegation surveyed damage in Ban Sila Daeng (Ban Fai), Sila Laeng Subdistrict, Pua District, Nan Province.
•Floodwaters and mud severely damaged houses, including a home where an elderly couple resided and a home where residents had to move to the second floor.
•Six rangers from the 32nd Ranger Regiment evacuated over 20 vulnerable people, including the elderly and those with hearing and visual impairments, to Wat Pa Meuat.
•Yotchana Wongsawas praised the courage of teacher Pawena Kansri, who used social media to coordinate rescue efforts when phone signals were cut.
•Yotchana Wongsawas ordered heavy machinery to remove mud from the community and coordinated with the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation for a 100 million baht emergency fund.
•Combined repair budgets of approximately 88,000 baht from the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and 49,000 baht from the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security will aid over 33 severely damaged households.
•The government plans to work with the Royal Irrigation Department to create small-to-medium reservoirs and dredge the Nan River.
•Yotchana Wongsawas plans to implement Cell Broadcast and GOI automated alert systems, alongside Digital Twin and One Map technologies for risk mapping.

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Key Quotes

Yotchana Wongsawas

"Real heroes"

ฮีโร่ตัวจริง

Key Entities

Person

Yotchana Wongsawas(ยศชนัน วงศ์สวัสดิ์)

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation who visited Nan to oversee flood recovery.

Pawena Kansri(ปวีณา การศรี)

A local school teacher who used social media to coordinate rescues during the flood.

Organization

Ministry of Higher Education, Science, Research and Innovation(กระทรวงการอุดมศึกษา วิทยาศาสตร์ วิจัยและนวัตกรรม)ℹ️

The ministry led by Yotchana Wongsawas.

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation(กรมป้องกันและบรรเทาสาธารณภัย)

An agency coordinated by Yotchana Wongsawas to provide emergency funds and housing repair budgets.

32nd Ranger Regiment(กรมทหารพรานที่ 32)

The unit whose six rangers evacuated vulnerable citizens to safety.

Ministry of Social Development and Human Security(กระทรวงการพัฒนาสังคมและความมั่นคงของมนุษย์)ℹ️

The ministry providing approximately 49,000 baht in matching funds for house repairs.

Royal Irrigation Department(กรมชลประทาน)

The agency the government will work with to build reservoirs and dredge the Nan River.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment(กระทรวงทรัพยากรธรรมชาติและสิ่งแวดล้อม)ℹ️

The ministry coordinating forest restoration of watershed areas.

Place

Ban Sila Daeng (Ban Fai)(บ้านศิลาแดง (บ้านฝาย))

A community in Sila Laeng Subdistrict, Pua District, Nan Province, affected by floods.

Pua District(อำเภอปัว)ℹ️

The district in Nan Province where the flood recovery took place.

Nan Province(จ.น่าน)ℹ️

The province where the flood damage occurred.

Wat Pa Meuat(วัดป่าเมือด)

The safe point where vulnerable citizens were evacuated to.

Policy

National Land Policy Committee (NLPC) land allocation project(โครงการจัดสรรที่ดินทำกิน (คทช.))

A project used to define conditions for land users to restore watershed forests.