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Thailand names 27 drought-hit provinces disaster zones

Thailand has named 27 provinces as disaster zones due to severe drought that is ravaging the country for months.
Thailand names 27 drought-hit provinces disaster zones ảnh 1A person stands on cracked land due to prolonged drought in Suphanburi province of Thailand (Photo: AFP/VNA)

Hanoi(VNA) – Thailand has named 27 provinces as disaster zones due to severe droughtthat is ravaging the country for months.

The Thai InteriorMinistry’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation is mobilisingagencies to provide immediate relief through measures such as digging wells,pumping water, building tanks and distributing water among residents.

MontonSudprasert, the department’s director general, said that from last October toMay 22, 165 districts in 29 provinces across the Southeast Asian country werehit by drought.

In face of the severe water shortage, the department has been campaigning for eachsector to use water economically and is urging farmers to make adjustmentsaccording to the situation./.
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