Accomplishments in the South Coastal Thai Communities After the 2004 Tsunami in the Restoration Process, A Case Study in Ranong Province - Post-Tsunami Hazard: Reconstruction and Restoration - page 89

Fig. 6.16 The construction site of the standard emergency tsunami shelter (inset) at the Nua
village, Kamphuan subdistrict, Suk Samran district, Ranong province that is funded by the
government

tsunami evacuation drill held annually by the Department of Disaster Prevention
and Mitigation (DDPM), the Ministry of Interior of Thailand and the Kamphuan
municipal district, receiving good cooperation from the locals.
MCOT ( 2013 ) reported that the government provided 20 million baht to fund the
construction of two tsunami emergency shelters in Ranong province. One shelter is
being constructed (as of August 2013) in the Nua village (Fig. 6.16 ). Therefore
people in nearby areas can escape to this shelter if the tsunami occurs. The shelter
is scheduled to be fi nished by 2014.

6.9 Discussion

6.9.1 Recovery Progress

It has been 9 years since the devastation for these local communities; Table 6.1
compiles the present damages, restoration and defi ciencies in the affected. Most of
the affected areas have gone back to their feet.
The Kasetsart University's Andaman Coastal Research Station for Development
has a full capacity to conduct their routine research work as they were capable of
before the incident. The people in the Nua village still have an ongoing problem