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Tue, 09/06/2011 - 13:24
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Bangkok's inner areas will not be flooded: BMA
BANGKOK, September 6 (TNA) - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said on Tuesday that the capital's inner areas are unlikely to be flooded in the coming days, thanks to its well-prepared flood prevention measures.
Sanya Cheenimitr, Director of the BMA's Department of Drainage and Sewerage, acknowledged that the City Hall's water stations have, among other flood prevention measures, drained out water in all canals in the capital by one metre each; so, he, therefore, foresaw no inundations in the city's inner areas.
Sanya said, however, that he has instructed the capital's 13 district offices whose communities under their jurisdiction are located beyond the BMA's flood prevention zones to hand out sheets of schedules for daily maximum and minimum tides to households in the areas at risk, as well as to build up sandbag dikes and lumber bridges temporarily passable for the local people, in case their areas are flooded.
The BMA's Department of Drainage and Sewerage chief, who led a group of journalists to inspect the water level of the main Chao Phraya River at Bangkok's Kiak Krai Pier, told the journalists that water-run off from upstream areas at Bangsai District of Thailand's central Ayutthaya Province was measured as high as 2,800-2,900 cubic metres per second--although the water level at the capital's Pak Klong Talad water station was measured only at 1.47 metres above the mean sea level on Monday night.
The senior BMA official said his department has also been informed by the Royal Irrigation Department that it is releasing more water into major canals; so, BMA officials concerned have all been on high alert and have closely monitored updated circumstances to timely deal with the changing situation.
The senior BMA official also warned people in Greater Bangkok to closely follow up weather updates, until the end of the rainy season and even until the annual Loy Krathong Festival in November, for the sake of their safety, as the Meteorological Department said that more torrential downpours are expected in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces over the coming weekend. (TNA)
Sanya Cheenimitr, Director of the BMA's Department of Drainage and Sewerage, acknowledged that the City Hall's water stations have, among other flood prevention measures, drained out water in all canals in the capital by one metre each; so, he, therefore, foresaw no inundations in the city's inner areas.
Sanya said, however, that he has instructed the capital's 13 district offices whose communities under their jurisdiction are located beyond the BMA's flood prevention zones to hand out sheets of schedules for daily maximum and minimum tides to households in the areas at risk, as well as to build up sandbag dikes and lumber bridges temporarily passable for the local people, in case their areas are flooded.
The BMA's Department of Drainage and Sewerage chief, who led a group of journalists to inspect the water level of the main Chao Phraya River at Bangkok's Kiak Krai Pier, told the journalists that water-run off from upstream areas at Bangsai District of Thailand's central Ayutthaya Province was measured as high as 2,800-2,900 cubic metres per second--although the water level at the capital's Pak Klong Talad water station was measured only at 1.47 metres above the mean sea level on Monday night.
The senior BMA official said his department has also been informed by the Royal Irrigation Department that it is releasing more water into major canals; so, BMA officials concerned have all been on high alert and have closely monitored updated circumstances to timely deal with the changing situation.
The senior BMA official also warned people in Greater Bangkok to closely follow up weather updates, until the end of the rainy season and even until the annual Loy Krathong Festival in November, for the sake of their safety, as the Meteorological Department said that more torrential downpours are expected in Bangkok and its surrounding provinces over the coming weekend. (TNA)
