Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has assured the general public that City Hall has prepared procedures to cope with overflows from the Chao Phraya Lake during high tides from the end of this month to earlier August.
Mr Chadchart said on Wednesday that additional floodwalls along the Chao Phraya Water will be constructed. Presently, there are floodwalls addressing a distance associated with 88 kilometres over the city — 80 kilometres were constructed by the city management and the remaining 6 kilometres by the personal sector.
There are more than twenty gaps in the city’s flood walls, which usually need to be plugged with sandbags, said the particular governor.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Management has already been allocated having a budget to plug 13 gaps, with sandbags already prepared.
There are some vulnerable areas, such as Song Wad and Talad Noi, which are prone to flooding when the tide is high, Mr Chadchart stated.
The BMA may accelerate the work to plug gaps within the flood walls within areas of both Thon Buri and Bangkok, including gaps within the flood walls upon land owned from the private sector.
The Royal Irrigation Department on Wednesday morning reported that the water flowing into the Chao Phraya River was 1, 200 cubic meres of water per second. This price was normal, stated the governor.
He has ordered BMA officials in order to carefully monitor the gaps in the city’s floodwalls.
The amount of water deemed crucial was 2, 1000 cubic metres for each second, and something above this price would cause the Chao Phraya Water to overflow the banks, said Mister Chadchart.
The BMA has now raised the height of the river embankments to 2 . 80-3. 5 metres above mean sea level to cope with high tides, he said.
He guaranteed the public that the BMA is well prepared to deal with flooding. It has received cooperation from the army to unclog the particular drainage system from Lat Phrao canal to Bang Bua canal.
Any office of National Drinking water Resources said upon Wednesday high tides from 1 . ninety to 2 . 10 metres above ocean level were expected from Thursday to Monday in Nonthaburi, Samut Prakan and Bangkok.