Partial Evacuation of Residents at Navanakorn Industrial Park in Pathum Thani

(17/10/2011)

Located in Pathum Thani province, Navanakorn Industrial Park, one of the largest industrial estates in Thailand, has been partially flooded. The Flood Relief Operations Center has urged factories there to halt operations, while officials are giving a helping hand to evacuate local people. Four temporary shelters have been provided to accommodate the flood victims at T. U. Dome in Thammasat University's Rangsit Campus, as well as Wat Phra Dhammakaya, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, and the Government Complex Commemorating His Majesty the King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary on Chaeng Watthana Road. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on October 17 expressed deep regret at the destruction of floodwalls, resulting in flood water swamping this industrial park. Apart from moving the flood victims to safe places, she also called on officials to seek ways to save machinery and equipment at the industrial estate. Warnings have been given periodically. The Prime Minister reiterated that officials would do their best to protect Bangkok from flooding and that flood water in affected areas would be drained quickly to improve the situation. She added that the Government would accelerate assistance for the flood-hit people and the industrial sector, especially small entrepreneurs.