BMA to collect 'large garbage'
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THE BANGKOK Metropolitan Administration (BMA)will |collect large pieces of garbage from city residents every Sunday, an initiative launched to try and reduce the problem of garbage hindering the capital's water-drainage capacity.
Please don’t dump your garbage into the Lat Phrao Canal,” Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said yesterday. He spoke as he inspected the Lat Phrao Temple to follow up on the progress of a garbage-collection campaign.
The BMA has retrieved more than 10 tonnes of garbage from pipes and sieves at Bangkok pump stations every time city officials rush to facilitate the flow of water out of the capital.
Such a huge amount of garbage, the BMA pointed out, impeded quick drainage of water following downpours.
The rainy season has already started, and parts of Bangkok have been swamped.
On June 8, flooded streets unleashed a traffic nightmare and generated a lot of |criticism directed against the Sukhumbhand-led city |administration.
The governor and city clerk Sanya Chenimit yesterday checked the water-drainage |system at the Klong Kratium pump station to ensure it can deal with upcoming downpours.
The Meteorological Department has forecast higher rainfall in the coming week.
The Klong Kratium pump station is one of the capital’s four main pump stations. It is expected to ease the risk of flooding over a nearby 100-square-kilometre area, which includes Lat Phrao.
