World Heritage status sought for city stretch of Chao Phraya
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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) plans to campaign for a section of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok to be listed as a Unesco World Heritage site.
Deputy Bangkok Governor Jumpol Sumpaopol Thursday said the House of Representative’s Standing Committee on Lands, Natural Resources and the Environment had resolved to push for the listing of the stretch of the river from the Phra Phuttha Yodfa Bridge (Memorial Bridge) to the Wasukree Pier to be listed as a World Heritage site.
The BMA would campaign to raise public awareness of the river’s importance to both national and world heritage, and about the need to conserve the river, Jumpol said.
The Nation
