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	Yongyuth said he expected the city administration to speed up the drainage by pumping floodwater from submerged areas.</div>
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	The Royal Irrigation Department would handle the overland flow preventing it from entering the capital, he added.</div>
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Bangkok inundation lessening: Yongyuth

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Bangkok inundation lessening: Yongyuth

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