PUBLISHED: 2 Apr 2025 at 21: 00
34 houses in Thailand were found to be seriously damaged, according to post-earthquake checks, and they have since been declared off restrictions.
The Department of Public Works and Town and Country Planning ( DPT ) and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) checked 3, 375 buildings overall. 3, 130 houses were judged safe, and 211 of them suffered moderate injury.
The assessments were carried out between March 28 and April 1. Buildings that suffered examination were broken down into three categories. The second class involved state structures in Bangkok, including public hospitals, public schools, and company properties. The Engineering Institute of Thailand, the Building Inspectors Association, the Council of Engineers, the DPT, and voluntary professionals checked them.
The second category included hotels, villas, shopping centers, and high-rises from the private sector. All are subject to quarterly inspections, and the evaluation specialists they worked with advised them to do separate inspections after the earthquake. In Bangkok, there were public buildings, residential and commercial properties, as well as professional ones. The BMA had to confirm their safety, not the BMA.
The DPT directed municipal offices, engineers from nearby administrative organizations, and volunteer engineers to conduct inspections in provinces that were affected by the earthquake. On its site, it stated that there were 2,600 licensed investigators listed, and that the public was advised to check with them.
Anutin Charnvirakul, the interior minister, has mandated that Bangkok’s authorities inform building owners to check their structures in accordance with Area 32 of the 1979 Building Control Act. Since Monday, the BMA has instructed 11, 000 private building owners to perform checks and submit reports. 112 houses have done this so much. The BMA’s Traffy Fondue, a complaint resolution system, reported on Tuesday that 13, 612 of the 15, 514 concerns about creating safety had been resolved. The DPT has launched line to record building health situations and can be reached 24 hours a day on 1531, 02-299-4191 and 02-299-4312.