Bangkok Post – Agencies told to boost preparedness for floods

Water management agencies have been told to regularly report their progress in implementing 10 key measures to cope with this year’s rainy season, which forecasters have said would be an unusually wet one.

The measures, which have been approved by the National Water Resource Committee (NWRC) chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Somsak Thepsutin, are on the way to the cabinet for endorsement.

Surasee Kittimonthon, secretary-general of the Office of the National Water Resources (ONWR), said for the measures to succeed, all agencies concerned will have to come up with an executable plan.

The agencies are required to file a report, starting on May 5, on the progress of implementation on the fifth of every…