Supoj Wancharoen, a city official, writes that the city hopes to ward off the worst effects of the monsoon season that will arrive early in the month.
Flow liquid from the North inundates the Rong Si group in Yannawa district each year during the monsoon season. The residents of the community believe that the region will experience many worse storms when the discharge from the northern arrives in Bangkok in first October.
” Our village is located on the banks of the Chao Phraya]River]. No levees are present in this area to stop overflowing waters.
” The big weather, coupled with rising water and extra fluids from the North, may cause serious flooding, similar to the storms we experienced in 2011,” said Nakorn Thitithanakul, a vital figure in the community.
The group, established about 30 years back, is home to the popular Chong Lom sanctuary. Home to about 1, 000 persons, the village is one of 32 flood-prone places in the cash.
To protect the group’s 300 homes from the annual flood, City Hall is ultimately planning to promote the place with dikes, totalling 4.35 kilometres in size.
After heavy weather, the neighborhood’s sewer network is sufficient to discharge it, but rising seawater and drainage from the North have worsened the situation, particularly in September and October, he said.
Supamitr: No follow of 2011.
More dams did solve the issue, the problem will disappear.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) has attempted to construct dikes along the Chao Phraya to protect the neighborhood for more than ten years, but authorities were unable to do so because about 40 homes are situated along the riverfront and were constructed directly along the banks of the river.
The District of Yannawa and the BMA’s Department of Drainage and Sewerage ( DDS ) have repeatedly tried to persuade the residents to relocate to another area, but they have had no success.
Supamitr Laythong, DDS deputy director, some people have received payment from the authorities, but also they refused to move up. He claimed that BMA has not yet taken legal actions to travel them.
Mr Supamitr said out of the 32 flood-prone places in the money, 17 will be reinforced with dams this time.
These neighborhoods include the Bang Phlat district’s Wat Wimuttayaram area, Ban Bu in Bangkok Noi area, Song Wat Road in Samphanthawong area, and many neighborhoods along the Old Railway Road in Klong Toey area.
The remaining sections ‘ dams are anticipated to be finished in 2026. Wat Chan Samosong is located in Dusit area, Rama III Road in Yannawa area, and the Rat Burana city neighborhood that is located just outside the Krungthai Bank inventory.
When asked about privately-owned areas which the BMA cannot exposure, Mr Supamitr said the best city offices could do is promote the areas with sandbags, area temporary walkways so residents can get in and out, and provide fundamental supplies, such as meals, drinks and medicine.
He said the city’s flood prevention system is capable of handling about 60 millimetres of precipitation per day, or about 1, 600mm annually.
Authorities will need to make the most of the existing system for the moment because there are n’t many areas in the capital that could be converted into water retention areas.
” It should be enough to prevent widespread flooding in the city, except if when it rains continuously at 100 millimetres, which does n’t happen very often, said Mr Supamitr.
” We continue to monitor storms that might occur through October. But if there are n’t any, it should n’t be a problem because based on past data, the city receives about 900 millimetres of rain per year.
” Bangkok will not be inundated like in 2011, “he said.