Hat โฃYai Flood Crisis: โRestoration Deadline Set as Aid โReaches โThousands
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Hat Yai, Thailand – A dedicated crisis center has committed to fully restoring water and โฃelectricity systems across Hat Yai and surrounding areas by Wednesday, following recent devastating floods. The pledge comes as the government accelerates the distribution of financial โขaid to affected families and ramps up ongoing support โmeasures.
Compensation Payments Underway
As of Wednesday, the government โขis directlyโ remitting 9,000 โขbaht to each of 97,466 families impacted by the floods across Songkhla, Satun, โNarathiwat, and Pattaniโ provinces. The distribution breakdown is as follows:
- Songkhla: 70,331 families
- Satun: 10,812 families
- Narathiwat: 7,305 families
- pattani: 1,709 families
The Government Savings Bank initiated transfers this morning, with other banks completing the process this afternoon. Prior to โขthis,โฃ on Monday, 9,000 baht was disbursed to 25,908 families. Authorities report that approximatelyโ 650 families experienced delays in receiving compensation due to complications linking their bank accounts to the PromptPay system orโฃ due to account inactivity.
Sustained Support for Flood-Affected Communities
Prime Ministerโ anutin Charnvirakul has ordered the continuation of free fresh โฃfood provisions for flood victims for a period of one month. Local administrations have received budgetary allocationsโค to facilitate the โขdistribution of funds to municipalities,which will establish kitchens to provideโ essential meals to those in need.
To expedite relief efforts, local administrations have been granted the authority to process compensation payments without the standard oversightโ from the Office of Stateโ Audit Commission. All compensation payments are being processed through the PromptPay system. โFor individuals who have lostโค their โidentification cards, mobile units from the Department of Provincial Administration areโข available to issue replacements.
This is a developing story. world-today-news.com will continueโ to provide โคupdates asโค they become available.
