Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt guaranteed that Bangkok will never experience a do it again of the epic flood in 2011 following his inspection of flood-mitigation work in the capital.
Mr Chadchart yesterday inspected the setup of sandbags around the Royal Thai Naval Dockyard and Taksin bridge upon Charoen Krung Street, a zone vulnerable to flooding, as part of flood-mitigation efforts for areas in the area.
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) officials and soldiers have been cooperating to address the issue.
Mr Chadchart said the BMA began closely dealing with the army last month when Defence Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha agreed to cooperate in order to dredge canals.
The Royal Thai Navy’s Hydrographic Department, which monitors water levels, might provide prompt notifications to each community and use tools, such as water pushers, to curb flooding in some areas in the capital.
The BMA could also ask the navy blue to deploy water-pushing boats along the Prawet Buri Rom and Saen Saep waterways, an area likely to be impacted by excess water discharge from the Pasak Jolasid Dam.
The BMA is definitely expected to rapidly strain water from the upper areas as the Office of the National Drinking water Resources has documented a reduction in the amount of rainfall in the five days leading up to Saturday.
In addition , hemorrhoids of sandbags were placed in 76 flood-prone spots along the Chao Phraya River.
Authorities possess recorded water moving through the city on 1, 400 cubic metres per second, which is considered workable.
“When compared to the epic flood in 2011, I think we are able to even hold 2, 500mps of drinking water, ” Mr Chadchart said. “We are actually working with various companies to mitigate the inundation issues and preparing for possible thunder or wind storms next month. ”
According to the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, provinces located along the Mae Kong River were badly hit by the 2011 flood, leading to damage to 370, 522 rai of property. The three worst-hit provinces were Nakhon Phanom, Udon Thani and Sakon Nakhon.