BANGKOK, 18 Oct 2013 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra paid a visit to flood-hit provinces in the central region and gave out flood relief bags to the affected residents.

Prime Minister and Defense Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, along with her government officials, traveled by car to Ayutthaya Province where she inspected a sluice gate and was briefed by the governor of Ayutthaya on the current flood situation. She then traveled to a temple where around 400 flood-affected residents gathered to give out relief packages.

Later on the same day, PM Yingluck went to Pathum Thani Province where she was greeted by the provincial governor who updated her on the water situation. At Phathum Thani, Miss Yingluck visited an elderly care center currently used as shelter for flood victims, to hand out survival kits and relief bags.

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