BMA proposes 'siphon' system to drain water
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Saturday urged the Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) to place "siphon" water-drainage tubes under or on floodwalls to release water from Sai Mai district's Hok Wa Canal to eastern Bangkok and into the sea.
If done within a week, it could help prevent the inundation of 20 districts of inner Bangkok, BMA deputy governor Theerachon Manomaipibul said in his capacity as joint committee member for water drainage with the FROC.
He said the idea was proposed to the FROC during its meeting on Friday. He said it was not the sole responsibility of the BMA but also that of the Industry Ministry and the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority who had to find materials for the BMA to build the system. So far, they haven’t got the materials, he added.
The Nation
