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Wed, 05/18/2011 - 11:58
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Bad traffic in Thailand on first day of new semester
BANGKOK, May 18 (TNA) - Almost all pre-university-level students across Thailand returned to school on Wednesday, the first day of the new semester amid widespread downpours and terrible rush hour traffic.
In Bangkok, where people were also returning to work following a long holiday since last Friday, heavy traffic was reported in several focal areas, where schools and offices are located, including Sathon, Silom, Ratchaprasong, New Petchaburi, Samsen, the Victory Monument, Vibhavadi Rangsit, Dindaeng, Lat Phrao and Ratchadaphisek.
Authorities said that widespread downpours had worsened traffic, as Metropolitan Police Division Deputy Commissioner Police Major General Phanu Kerdlapphol and Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra took a group of journalists on a helicopter ride over metropolitan areas to inspect the urban traffic conditions.
Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipiboon said that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has assigned nearly 700 municipal police and other officers to support traffic police and commuters in all the capital's 50 districts, especially during rush hours. He also stated that the City Authority has assigned mechanics and engineers to help fit engines or move vehicles in involved in accidents out of main routes. Despite their efforts, students from some schools in the Thai South--which have been seriously affected by recent floods--have had to remain at home.
In Thailand's southernmost Yala Province, two students were injured on Wednesday morning, along with six other people, by a bomb attack on a communal area on their way to school.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department warned people in Thailand's central, eastern, lower-northeastern and northern regions to brace for continued downpours over the next couple of days due to a seasonal monsoon. (TNA)
In Bangkok, where people were also returning to work following a long holiday since last Friday, heavy traffic was reported in several focal areas, where schools and offices are located, including Sathon, Silom, Ratchaprasong, New Petchaburi, Samsen, the Victory Monument, Vibhavadi Rangsit, Dindaeng, Lat Phrao and Ratchadaphisek.
Authorities said that widespread downpours had worsened traffic, as Metropolitan Police Division Deputy Commissioner Police Major General Phanu Kerdlapphol and Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra took a group of journalists on a helicopter ride over metropolitan areas to inspect the urban traffic conditions.
Deputy Bangkok Governor Thirachon Manomaipiboon said that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has assigned nearly 700 municipal police and other officers to support traffic police and commuters in all the capital's 50 districts, especially during rush hours. He also stated that the City Authority has assigned mechanics and engineers to help fit engines or move vehicles in involved in accidents out of main routes. Despite their efforts, students from some schools in the Thai South--which have been seriously affected by recent floods--have had to remain at home.
In Thailand's southernmost Yala Province, two students were injured on Wednesday morning, along with six other people, by a bomb attack on a communal area on their way to school.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department warned people in Thailand's central, eastern, lower-northeastern and northern regions to brace for continued downpours over the next couple of days due to a seasonal monsoon. (TNA)
