Yingluck wants everyone to cooperate
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra Wednesday urged the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) to ease people's suffering and drain the floods as soon as possible.
In relation to the conflict between the Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) and the BMA over draining water through the Mahasawat and Thawee Watthana canals, Yingluck said that since being flooded, Bangkok was being drained through the east and west.
However, now that the floods were starting to recede, both sides should agree upon new drainage routes, she said. She has also told the Water Drainage Committee to study the guidelines, especially in relation to Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi, and has instructed Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk to install pumps to drain the water faster.
The Nation
