PATTANI: Authorities are gearing up to extend assistance to more residents, as the floodwater which has inundated the southern province for almost a week isn’t expected to recede until later this week.
On Monday, governor Rachit Sudphum called a meeting with all agencies concerned to plan rehabilitation schemes for residents whose farms were affected by the severe floods.
Water levels are expected to recede later in the week, as the discharge at Bang Lang reservoir in Yala’s Bannang Satar district was reduced at midnight on Sunday, authorities said.
The reservoir’s spillways were opened as heavy rains which began last week caused water levels in the…
