Thailand’s oldest reclining Buddha at Wat Dhammachakra Sema Ram is the most recent casualty from the country’s central flooding. Authorities say the statue was partially submerged because of flooding by mountain runoff yesterday. The 1,300 year previous Buddha is situated contained in the Muang Sema Historical Park in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Sung Noen district. The Dvaravati-style, sandstone picture, which measures 13.3 metres and 2.80 metres excessive, is thought thus far again to the seventh Century CE.
Heavy rain has generated runoff from nearby hills that poured into the village the place the temple is positioned. Banned affected the structure which shelters the Buddha, with waters rising midway up the statue. Around 160 properties have been also affected by the floods, with reviews of water being 1 metre deep in some areas. Consequently, residents had been relocated to larger grounds.
PM Prayut Chan-o-cha has been visiting the Northeastern province of Ubon Ratchathani to survey the water and flood management scenario. The prime minister was accompanied by a quantity of other ministers together with Minister of Energy Supattanapong Punmeechaow, Minister of Interior Anupong Paochinda, and Minister of Digital Economy and Society Chaiwut Thanakamanusorn.
Previous visits on his journey included a cease in Nonthaburi province, the place he was met with protestors shouting and throwing fermented fish at his motorcade and a stop on Chaiyaphum the place police chided protestors as a humiliation to the province as they shouted insults on the PM. These hostile greetings prompted authorities in Nakhon Si Thammarat to problem an official code of conduct ahead of a visit from PM Prayut, warning residents not to throw rotten eggs on the PM..