BMA opens 3 sluice gates wider
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) yesterday widened the openings of three main sluice gates, a move that will ease flooding in Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district.
Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra said the sluice gate at the Phraya Suren Canal would be opened to 1.5 metres from 1.4 metres; the gate at Sansaeb Canal to 1.5 metres from 1.3 metres; and the gate at Lam Beung Khwang Canal to 1.3 metres from 1.2 metres.
“This way, water from Lam Luk Ka can be directed into the Chao Phraya River more quickly via the Hok Wa Lang Canal and Bangkok’s canals,” he said.
The flood situation in the capital has eased. The BMA yesterday vowed to collect as much garbage as possible today from areas where the flood water has just subsided.
National Office of Buddhism director Kanok Saenprasert said he planned to drain flood water out of the Phutthamonthon Buddhist Park zone by zone to minimise impacts on local communities.
The park, which occupies more than 2,500 rai in Nakhon Pathom, recently succumbed to flood water.
“The damages are estimated at over Bt500 million,” Kanok said.
In Pathum Thani, officials from Nakhon Rangsit Municipality promised that Rattanakosin Village would be dry within the next two days.
Meanwhile, the National Disaster Warning Centre warned that heavy downpours might cause flash floods and landslides in six districts in the South.
They are Krabi’s Plai Phraya, Muang Krabi, Khao Phanom and Nua Klong districts, Phang Nga’s Thap Put district, and Trang’s Hat Samran district.
