Evacuations ordered in Bueng Kum as floods approach BKK's inner areas
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As flood waters approach inner Bangkok, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) Tuesday ordered evacuations in Bueng Kum district's Nuan Chan and Khlong Kum areas.
It is reported that the Mall Bang Kapi could be submerged for four to five days if the Khlong Tanhang sluice gate continues being destroyed.
Meanwhile sewers overflowed outside Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra’s home in Soi Yothinpattana 3 in Bueng Kum district, prompting officials to build a sandbag barrier and the police to keep close watch on the nearby Khlong Lamjiak, Khlong Tanhang and Khlong Chan.
Runoffs from the sewage also covered Rama II Road Sois 5 to 7.
Bang Kapi district chief Sin Nitithadakul said areas such as Ramkhamhaeng Sois 64, 66, 60 and 68 were flooded. He said he would ask Bueng Kum residents to not further destroy the Khlong Tanhang sluice gate as it would cause the mall to be submerged in four or five days, with Soi Lat Phrao 101 and the Khlong Lamjiak community being hit first. Bang Kapi authorities have readied some 20 army trucks to evacuate flood victims.
In Min Buri district, Pol MajGeneral Sangiam Samranrat, an official from the PM’s SecretaryGeneral Office, said they would not lift the sluice gate by two metres as demanded by Bueng Kum residents, because he needed three or four days to inspect downstream Saen Saeb Canal. Sangiam promised to provide relief bags and floating toilets to 800 families in the affected communities.
