Floodwater seeps into Bang Chan estate
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The Bang Chan Industrial Estate is prepared to handle incoming floodwater, which started to overflow into the facility from underground drains and sewers there on Wednesday morning.
According to the latest report, some floodwater started flowing up from underground drains and sewers opposite Saha-Union on Sereethai Road within the Bang Chan estate.
Located in Min Buri district, Bang Chan industrial estate management met Wednesday with entrepreneurs to brace for more overflow from northern run-off, instructing them to fortify and elevate the height of the dykes of their factories, particularly those adjacent to Khlong Saen Saeb.
They were also asked to cooperate in removing floating weed obstructing Khlong Bang Chan passing through the industrial estate and to use pumps, diverting water from Khlong Bang Chan into Khlong Saen Saep to be drained out to the Bang Pakong River and to sea.
The Department of Drainage and Sewerage warned this industrial estate in Bangkok’s east part that the overflowing water could reach 2.5 to 3 metres.
Seven industrial estates are already under water. Five are in Ayutthaya – the Hi-Tech, Bang Pa-in, Rojana and Factoryland estates – while the other two – Nava Nakorn and Bangkadi – are in Pathum Thani province, north of Bangkok.
The water level in Bangkok’s Khlong Saen Saep on Wednesday rose by one centimetre to 63-64 centimetres Tuesday after the Khlong Sam Wa sluice gate upstream was elevated to one metre from 0.8 metre following a road blockage by angry residents.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Wednesday speeded up repairs to the damaged part under a guard of 200 policemen in a bid to better manage the water and relieve possible impacts on residential areas and the Bang Chan industrial estate downstream.
Meanwhile, army chief Prayut Chanocha brushed aside suggestions that an emergency decree be invoked to deal with the growing frustrations of flood victims in some areas, reasoning that enforcement of the special law would only worsen the conflict.
