While still hospital, Majesty held meetings the prime minister members of the Strategic ation Committee Resource Management (SCWRM) who reported Majesty on the progress flood control measures, His Majesty would offer suggestions, as he has always done. Deforestation and was partly to blame the great floods, cautioned Majesty. He encouraged the planting of mixed forests which would provide lumber, edible produce as well as water absorption from the deep roots. The committee also proposed flood mitigation projects based on His Majesty's concepts given during previous floods of 1995 when he indicated that excess floodwater should be diverted to natural floodways in the eastern and western parts of Bangkok and quickly drained into the sea. With His Majesty to show the way, the government soon implemented the Monkey Cheek concept the Thung Makham Yong project in Ayutthaya province. The public were more than overjoyed when Majesty King, accompanied by Her Majesty the Queen and Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, made a trip to 2012, Majesty's trip upcount in