20, 000 may need aid in Bekv?m Krabang
Bangkok chief excutive Chadchart Sittipunt appears set to declare six heavily flooded sub-districts in Lat Krabang district as disaster zones to give sufferers access to aid from federal government agencies outside of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).
The particular governor is likely to make an statement declaring the Bekv?m Krabang, Klong Song Tonnun, Klong Mike Prawet, Khum Thong, Thap Yao plus Lam Plathieo sub-districts disaster zones in a single or two days before financial assistance from the government can be paid to affected residents, Tavida Kamolvej, deputy city governor said the other day.
A minimum of 20, 767 people living in 10, three hundred houses as well as 1, 322 rai associated with farmland in these sub-districts were being affected by the floods and may need financial assistance, she said.
“The BMA as well as other government agencies are struggling to empty floodwater from Lat Krabang, which is today suffering the most in all of Bangkok, ” Mr Chadchart mentioned.
This individual also responded to a clip posted on social media showing numerous sandbags piled along with drains in inundated areas of the district, blocking water through draining away.
Mr Chadchart said those sandbags were used to avoid water from close by canals from flowing back into communities when water levels within the canals were higher.
District workers had evidently failed to remove the bags when they were shot, he said.
He said in actuality, about 80% of Bangkok had not been flooded following the current torrential rains, observing only certain areas of the city remain overwhelmed due to difficulties associated with drainage.
In a long-term program, the Royal Irrigation Department has a project to build a flood drainage system to permit water run-off through the Pasak and Chao Phraya rivers in order to bypass Bangkok’s present drainage network, this individual said.
However , as the project requires time to implement, the BMA is currently considering building a brand new 20-kilometre water tube to allow the draining of excess drinking water from eastern Bangkok directly into the Gulf of Thailand, he said.
The water tunnel can replace the existing floodway in eastern Bangkok, which is no longer working well as its flood-draining path is clogged by several housing estates as well as Suvarnabhumi airport, he said.
The newest tunnel will also benefit the development of east Bangkok, which will eventually end up being well-connected with the government’s Eastern Economic Hallway (EEC) scheme, he or she said.