Flood Relief Funds Transferred to 8,377 Thai Households Today
The Thai government has begun transferring additional flood relief payments to 8,377 households in 16 provinces, with the Government Savings Bank starting the deposits at 11 a.m. today. To date, the bank has already disbursed over 5.2 billion baht to 683,286 households across 46 provinces. A request for an extra 10.5 billion baht budget to aid more than 1.4 million households will be reviewed by the Cabinet on October 20.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said it has continuously sent data and transferred flood relief funds to the public, with the Government Savings Bank already having completed payments to 683,286 households worth 5.225 billion baht across 46 provinces. Today, starting at 11 a.m., an additional 8,377 households in the 16 listed provinces will receive 65.6 million baht, deposited into accounts where citizen ID numbers are linked to bank accounts via Prompt Pay. Furthermore, the department has submitted a request for an extra budget of 10.508 billion baht to cover 1,481,401 households, which will be considered by the Cabinet on October 20. The department will report the outcome and prepare procedures to disburse the funds immediately once the budget is approved.
