INDUSTRY
Anti-flood framework for estates ready soon
- Published: 25/02/2012 at 03:34 AM
- Newspaper section: Business
Details on the allocation of money for flood-prevention systems at the seven inundated industrial estates will be finalised next week, says the Industry Ministry.
Bangkadi Industrial Estate in Pathum Thani’s Muang district is inundated in this Oct 23, 2011 file photo. Details of flood-prevention funding are expected next week, although estates such as this one, which is under the Industrial Works Department instead of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, may encounter legal snags over the money.
The initial proposal will belong to the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT), which asked for loans from the Government Savings Bank so the estates can set up dykes, Industry Minister M.R. Pongsvas Svasti said yesterday.
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- Writer: Nanchanok Wongsamuth
- Position: News Reporter
