Short flood news (November 16)
The cabinet has earmarked 25 billion baht for repairs to highways and inland roads and for support to manufacturers affected by the floods.
An 'industrial shelter' is being set up where manufacturers can work temporarily while their factory is cleaned and repaired. The money also goes to Don Mueang airport and schools.
– Draining water from the western districts of Bangkok is not easy because water continues to flow in, says Prime Minister Yingluck. There are fewer drainage facilities in the west than in the east. In the coming days, the finishing touches will be made to repair the tidal wall along the western side of the Chao Praya. This will improve the situation somewhat.
– Rama II, the main route to the South, is still passable. The water is not very high. The municipality has installed water pumps.
– The municipality thinks that the western districts of Klong San, Rat Burana and Thung Kru will not be flooded.
– In Bang Phlat in the west, the water is 10-15 cm high in small streets and 60-80 cm on the Charan Sanitwong road.
– Efforts are still being made to free highway 340 from water. That road should serve as an alternative to the South when Rama II becomes impassable. An attempt is also being made to save highway 9 towards Bang Pa-in in Ayutthaya. Both roads should be passable for pickup trucks Wednesday evening, but not yet for sedans. The highest water level on highway 340 is 80 cm.
– East Bangkok is according to Prime Minister Yingluck dry for the new year. She says the worst is over now.
– Water from the Vibhavadi-Rangsit road continues to flow up airport Don Mueang. Air Force Commander Itthaporn Subhawong says the airport looks like a water reservoir. He urges the airport to be drained quickly and at the same time to ensure that local residents do not suffer as a result.
– The water level on Kamphaeng Phetweg, Phahon Yothinweg and Ratchadaphisek Soi 36 has dropped to 15 to 20 cm.
– This weekend, flooded areas in Chatuchak and Lat Phrao intersection should be dry, says Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra.
– The water around the Bang Chan and Lat Krabang industrial estates in eastern Bangkok began to fall on Tuesday.
– Government party Pheu ภาษาไทย proposes moving the capital to another province, possibly Nakhon Nayok. This province has a higher elevation and is 40 km from Bangkok. Bangkok is lower and is also sinking 2 cm per year, which makes the city vulnerable to flooding. Under the Thaksin government, relocation to Nakhon Nayok has already been studied.
– Former Senator Ruangkrai Leekitwattana has filed a petition with the National Anti-Corruption Commission. He asks to investigate the mismanagement of the Bhumibol and Sirikit reservoirs by former Prime Minister Abhisit. Those reservoirs would have contained too much water at the beginning of the rainy season, which has contributed to the current misery.
– The municipality of Bangkok has closed six public parks, which are under water. Bangkok's most famous park Lumphini is not among them.
– BTS Skytrain has reopened its parking lot at Mor Chit station because the weather is dry. Several roads that were previously under water are also passable again.
– The second semester of schools in Bangkok and surrounding provinces starts on December 6. It is the second time that the start has been postponed. The schools under the management of the municipality will resume classes on December 1. The municipality has instructed the schools to give extra lessons for 11 weeks to make up for the backlog.
– 1,5 million mail items still have to be delivered in Bangkok, because 38 post offices have been closed. In many places there is too much water for the deliverers. Important documents cannot be delivered because the addressees have left. Undelivered mail accounts for one third of the mail that is processed every day. Mail delivery in other flooded provinces is easier because people have taken refuge in temples and schools and the local deliverers know many residents. Mail delivery to government offices and businesses was done with large trucks that had no problems with the flooded roads.
– On Tuesday, the cabinet approved a bill in principle to upgrade the Bureau of Royal Rainmaking and Agricultural Aviation to a Department. The previous cabinet Abhisit already agreed. The bill will now go to the Council of State and then to parliament.
Isn't that a bit low if the damage is above 100 bil bath?
i live vipavadee rangsit soi 50 there is more than a meter of water there for 19 days, i don't understand why, is it maybe private villa, first