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Experts slam govt flood response spending

The 200 billion baht spent by the government following last year's floods only focused on rehabilitation and failed to foster long-term disaster prevention measures, a Senate-sponsored forum has been told.

Several water management experts at the forum yesterday expressed their alarm over the way the government spent the massive flood budget.

The forum at Chulalongkorn University (CU) was organised by a Senate sub-committee studying water management expenditure.

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