Some Bang Kunthien residents evacuated
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While flood water is receding gradually elsewhere in the capital, the inundation level has increased in western Bangkok, where residents of part of Bang Khunthien district were evacuated yesterday.
The area, located mostly in Samae Dam subdistrict, stretches from Bang Khunthien Road and its branch roads and sois to the Wong Wian YaiMahachai rail line, Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said.
Many districts in lower Thonburi saw slightly higher levels of flood water arriving from Nakhon Pathom’s Salaya district, but flood waters below that point are stable, said the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s flood situation centre. The levels in eastern Bangkok, northern Bangkok – including Don Muang – and northern central Bangkok – including Chatuchak and Lat Phrao intersection – have receded slightly, it said.
Bang Bua Thong district and adjacent areas in Nonthaburi province remain under high levels of flood water. Residents have complained of excessively high boat fares and called for more military truck services.
Efforts to restore Route 340, an alternative to Rama II Road linking the South with the rest of the country, are not complete, while Rama II remains partly inundated but still accessible to interprovincial buses and large vehicles.
The Department of Mental Health has begun training military and civilian officials of the Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) in counselling skills to enable them to assist flood victims at shelters or in flooded homes.
A first batch of 150 officials will work as counsellors, while other staff and members of the public will be supplied with information through radio announcements via more than 700 ISOCoperated stations across the country.
The Traffic Police Division has listed the following alternative routes for motorists heading out of Bangkok:
Northbound traffic: Take the Don Muang Tollway, then Route 1 and Route 32 to Bang Pain and Bang Pa Han in Ayutthaya, and then on to Angthong.
Or, take Route 9 (motorway), then the eastern ring road to Thanya Buri, and use Route 1 from there.
Eastbound traffic: Take Route 314, then 304 and 319 to Prachin Buri.
Southbound traffic: Take Rama II, 3097, and Route 4 (Phet Kasem). For those going further to Suphan Buri, take Route 321 to the province.
