Labor ministry to aid flood-affected workers in Ayutthaya

AYUTTHAYA, 16 October 2011 (NNT) – Related agencies have been instructed to draft plans on flood relief operation to assist affected employees in Ayutthaya after 4 major industrial estates in the province have been submerged.

In response to a severe ongoing inundation in Ayutthaya that has so far swamped 4 major industrial estates in the province causing a complete halt of operations, Ayutthaya governor Wittaya Piewphong revealed that he has instructed related units under the Ministry of Labor to urgently come up with a plan to help workers.

He said that all of the factories in these estates were expecting to shut down and more than 300,000 workers would be jobless. Therefore, an assistance plan focusing on an occupational training and a temporary employment in the labor market will be laid out.

The four industrial estates namely Rojana, Hi-Tech, Saha Rattana Nakorn and Bang Pa-In Industrial Estates, have completely been devastated by flood. They have a combined investment value of about 194 billion THB.