Buriram Expats

28/11/2010

“Pilot study of groundwater for agriculture” in Lamplaimat district.

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment has entered drilling 20 of groundwater wells according the project of “Pilot study of groundwater for agriculture” to assist the cantaloupe farmers at Ban Nong Suang and Ban Salang Pan, Salang Pan subdistrict, Lamplaimat district, Buriram province under the budget of more than 12 millions Baht in order to solve the drought problem, water shortages to the farmers who planted cantaloupe and also for the farmers to be able to grow crops to occupied themselves after the rice harvest.

This area has been experiencing drought repeatedly for more than 15 years.

Currently there are 40 farmers who planted cantaloupe and joined the project as mentioned with total cultivated area of more than 940 rais.

In the past, each year there were less than 10 farmers who planted cantaloupe.

It is expected that when the drilling of groundwater wells will be completed, at least 100 farmers will join the project.

27/11/2010

Public health has alert the public about the danger of boozing and eating poisonous animals.

Buriram Public health Office has alert people who believed that boozing and eating poisonous like snakes, centipedes, scorpions and other animals that are poisonous are alleviated the cold.

It’s a false belief and it has the opposite effect that adversely affect health which causing damage to the liver, lining of the stomach and intestinal inflammation and cause ulcers in the stomach.

Especially the elderly who is physically weak and have low immunity.

If drinking a lot of alcohol during the cold weather it may cause fatal shock and also vulnerable to accidents as well.

In the winter of each year, there are many patients with diseases that caused by drinking alcohol come to get treatment in various hospitals of Buriram province.

Therefore the public health office has advised the people to exercise regularly and wear thick clothes to relieve cold, especially the farmers who are harvesting the rice.

Buriram ordered the accelerate exploration to assist students who face with shortage of winter coats.

Mr.Narong Paewponsong (Director of Education Area of Buriram) has instructed the school administrators of more than 200 schools to accelerate exploration and check the amount of students who are from the poor families, disadvantaged and face with shortage of winter clothes(clothing). Especially the schools in remote areas and along the border, in order to find a way to help after the temperatures has been lower and the weather is colder.

According to the preliminary survey it is showed that there are poor children up to 29,665 person from 41,000 person in 202 schools. Anywise, the province will have public relations with government agencies, private organizations and the red cross society to be joined in donate the winter clothes to distribute to students to alleviate the cold.

24/11/2010

Department of Fisheries warned the fish farmers to beware of disease outbreaks during the winter.

Department of fisheries of Buriram province has warned the fish farmers which have more than 18,000 in the province, to keep the animal health care, especially who reared fishes in cages and in earthen ponds because during the cold weather, fishes will eat less and are less healthy and weak which it’s conducive to get disease easily.

Every year it has found fishes with wounds around the body that caused by bacteria during the winter.

Therefore, farmers have to be careful by reared in a smaller amount, not too much density or take a quicklime dissolved in water then pour into the fish pond for 50-60 kg per 1 rai.

The key is: Do not pump out the water frequently.

20/11/2010

Newin Chidchob and his father make Kathina to 239 temples in Buriram province.

Mr.Chai Chidchob (Chairman of the House of Representatives) and Mr.Newin Chidchob (The party leadership of Bhumjaithai) together has preside in the Kathina ceremony. Which has the member of the House of Representatives (MPs) and cabinet that belong to Bhumjaithai party, like Mr.Sopon Zaram (Minister of Transport), Mr.Suchat Chokchaiwattanakorn (Deputy Minister of Transport) including the Permanent Secretary and Director-General of several ministry has joined in Kathina ceremony as well.

Kathina ceremony has held at “Wat Klang” temple, located in Buriram Municipal area.

In addition, Mr.Newin Chidchob will make Kathina to provide to other temples that have not reciept Kathina, which there are 239 temples from 2,000 temples belong to Buriram province.

Explaination/Background:

The ceremony of Kathina, Thai people called Thod Kathin ( Thod Gathin ).

Gathin Festival is a traditional Buddhist festival celebrated by villagers in Northeast Thailand (Issan/Isan/Esarn) that villagers make parade to their local temple for prayers, providing the donated stuff to the temple.

18/11/2010

Department of Fisheries accelerate help to the aquaculture farmers who affected by flood, expected to offset more than 9 millions Baht.

There are many aquaculture farmers in Buriram province who have suffered from flood.

The survey found that the aquaculture farmers in 13 districts the flood damage of 2,863 cases from 18,000 aquaculture farmers in Buriram province, which classified of damaged as follows :

Damaged 3,553 of Fish ponds

Damaged 51 of Fish cages

Damaged 36 of Frog ponds

Total damaged to more than 15,600,000 THB

Which the Department of Fisheries of Buriram province has accelerate exploration to assist and will pay the compensated to the farmers as below:

- Fish pond will get 3,406 baht per rai (but not more than 5 rais per farmer).

- Fish cages will get 257 Baht per square meter (but not more than 80 square meters per farmer).

The excess part the compensated will be paid by half the damaged as well.

Buriram people flock to buy 10 baht winter coats.

Klong Thom market at Buriram province at Nong Pap yard was lively atmosphere with students, officials and people who have low incomes came to shopping secondhand winter coats which cost 10-30 baht per one.

In order to wear in the winter because they afraid that if the temperatures will be lower and colder then the prices will be increased as well.

Also the Meteorological Department has predicted that this year the weather will be cold for longer time than in the past.

People are buying the winter coats earlier than usual and that’s resulting a better income for the traders than last year, which last year they had an income af about 1,000-2,000 Baht per day but in this year they have an income of about 5,000-10,000 baht per day.

15/11/2010

Teachers and students together accelerate cleaning and restoration the flooded school.

The parents, teachers and students were together accelerated cleaning ‘Ban Bung Bao’ School, Ban Jarn subdistrict, Phutthaisong district, Buriram province by sweeping the garbage and mud inside the classrooms, cafeteria, bathrooms and library that was flooded more than 1 meter height, which has damaged the teaching equipment.

The school was unable to open on schedule and declared holiday extension for two weeks.

Today is the first day of school opening, after the water level decreased continuously close to normal.

While there are still flooding in the lawn and in front the school building, the flooded level is about 10 cm and start to have smell from the flooded garbages which expected to take about a week in regeneration, Therefore the school will provide students a temporary place to study at the temple of the village.

15/11/2010

Buriram has strict control to prevent criminals stealing rice from the flood victims farmers.

Police chief of Buriram police station has instructed to all police station in the area responsible of the province to provide assistance and facilities to the people, all 20 districts that has been declared a disaster area experienced flooding and set the police patrol to patrol in villages and district that the farmers has brought the paddy to dry on the roadside and in the open spaces in the village to prevent the thieves from stealing rice of farmers for 24 hours.

If police find such a behavior, that person will be arrested and prosecuted as it is strictly prohibited.

13/11/2010

Farmers insist the government to support water pump machine and rice varieties to compensate the rice fields flooded damaged.

The farmers in Ban Wang Palad, Ban Pae subdistrict, Khu Muang district that has been affected by flooding homes, rice fields and the entrance road to the village that must be traveling by boat.

Updated, the paddy fields that been flooded more than two weeks began to rotten and smelly unable to be harvested.

From the impacted results as described above, the farmers has insist to government or government agencies involved to support the water pump machine and to provide the rice varieties to distribute to the farmers for making off-season rice to replace the rice fields that has been flooded which there are more than 600 rais completely damaged, from the area of rice cultivation the whole village of more than 1,000 rais.

About the compensation that the government will give to the farmers:

2,098 baht per rai for the flooded rice fields will not be enough help to the farmers because the farmers have an average investment 3,000-5,000 baht per rai and mostly have debt by borrowing money from Bank for Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives (BAAC) and also debt outside system to invest in agriculture.

11/11/2010

Teenage motorcycle theft gang caught by Buriram police.

At the front of investigation room of Buriram police station, the police held a press conference to announce the arrest of 11 boys aged between 16 and 19 years old including the stolen property are 16 motorbikes and 1 computer.

In the investigation, the suspects has confessed that have jointly set up the gang to patrol steal the motorbikes, computer, cash or other valuable property which able to grab along in homes, dormitories in various communities of Buriram municipality area.

The stolen motorbikes were sold to a teenage group and shop in Krasang district and Chamni district for 2,000-3,000 baht per Motorbike and some of the motorbikes were sold in spare parts to friends.

10/11/2010

More than 2160 cases of diarrhea patients has been found during the floods in Buriram province.

After many areas in the districts of Buriram province have been experiencing flooded in homes, agricultural lands and several roads, during October 11th 2010 – November 9th 2010 which it’s for a period of almost a month. Resulted in people both childrens, adults and the elderly in the flood area were effected by diarrhea.

It has been reported that in various hospitals of Buriram province there are more than 2,160 cases of diarrhea patients has been to the hospital for the treatment.

In addition it has found also the following information:

1,007 cases of people who were sick for unknown reasons.

741 patients of conjunctivitis (Eye inflection).

141 patients of Dengue disease.

103 patients of Leptospirosis.

(also known as Weil’s disease, Weil’s syndrome, canicola fever, canefield fever, nanukayami fever, 7-day fever, Rat Catcher’s Yellows, Fort Bragg fever, and Pretibial fever).

Which the most likely cause due into the water and soak for a long time, especially the farmers who harvest in flooded paddy fields.

9/11/2010

Buriram province has prepared job vacancies to assist farmers that their paddy fields damaged by the flooded.

Employment Office has prepared the job vacancies and vocational training to assist farmers who have been affected by the floods that damaged homes and paddy fields in the area of 18 districts by providing more than 1,000 job vacancies to accommodate inside province and many thousands job vacancies outside the province to help people who have been suffered to have a job to alleviate the hardship.

9/11/2010

First pair of Thai flamingo species arrived Buriram province.

“Nakhon Ratchasima Zoological Park Organization” has brought a pair of Thai flamingo to “the temporarily protection forests area” at Ban Huai Sang Nue, Sa Kae Phrong subdistrict, Muang district, Buriram province for an experiment to culture propagation to be released back to nature.

The flamingos are male and female aged 4 years old which it’s an endangered wildlife reserves and Buriram province is the first province of Thailand for breeding of “Thai flamingo species”. Which it’s the wetlands of one in six provinces across the country with an area of more than 3,000 rai that has been selected by the research group.

8/11/2010

Floods and cold weather affected the price of chillies and vegetables has been increased.

Floods has impacted the price of vegetables has been increased.

Especially the price of chillies which the original price is 50-60 baht per kilogram and the current price is 110-120 baht per kilogram.

Kale, Coriander and Onion the averaged price has increased 5-10 baht per kilogram but the ‘morning glory’ vegetable price has been highly increased (record-breaking).

The current price is 30-35 baht per kilogram from the original price is 15-20 baht per kilogram.

7/11/2010

Buriram province inviting everyone to experience with “cold weather”, “sunset” and “sea fog” at the viewpoint of Pha Daeng.

Buriram province invite tourists who love nature to experience with cold weather of the winter together with watching sunset and the beautiful natural of the vast forest that covered by the sea fog of “ban-thad” mountain and “Dong Yai” forest national reserve during winter and during high season at the viewpoint of Pha Daeng, located at Ban Nong Samet, Lam Nangrong subdistrict, Non Dindaeng district, Buriram province.

This area is a contact zone between Non Dindaeng district of Buriram province and Ta Praya district of Sa Kaew province and also a new attraction of Buriram province.

6/11/2010

The open ceremony of Buriram Boat Racing Festival 2010 at Satuk district.