Police, Navy provide boat transport
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Metropolitan Police have arranged 200 boats at 79 locations in all nine divisions to transport flood victims, while the Navy has deployed boats on eight routes on the Thon Buri side of Bangkok.
City police and volunteers are also using boats to patrol inundated neighbourhoods to watch over people’s property.
Metropolitan Police Division 2 has 70 boats out on patrol, while Division 3 has 30 boats, Division 7 has 70 boats and Division 9 has 70 boats. The Navy’s water-transport service has been available from 8am-8pm every day since Saturday.
The eight routes are Tha Phra Intersection-The Mall Bang Khae, Charan Sanitwong Soi 13-Wat Maphrao Tia, Bangkok Naval Base-Buddhamonthon 4-Thawee Watthana, Soi Kamnan Maen-Bang Khae Market, The Mall Bangkae-Phetkasem 69-Bang Bon, Siriraj Hospital-Pata Pinklao Mall-Sirindhorn-Krung Thon Bridge, Bang Khun Non-Bang Phlat-Rama VII Bridge, and Siriraj Hospital-Central Pinklao Mall-Southern Bus Terminal.
