Anupong urges calm, says authorities in control of northern run-off situation
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Interior Minister General Anupong Paochinda on Tuesday affirmed that Bangkok residents should not be worried over the potential danger of flooding from northern run-offs, as the Royal Irrigation Department was in control of water in dams and 12 water-retention fields in upstream areas could absorb floodwater before it reached the capital.
Chai Nai’s Chao Phraya Dam was currently receiving about 2,500 cubic metres of water per second, which was in balance with the level it released, he said, adding that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration had in any case already prepared measures for fast floodwater draining.
The minister said Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department officials were also monitoring the rainfall and floodwater situation to help minimise impacts on people around the country.
Although floods remained in several districts of Khon Kaen due to the brimming Ubolrat Dam’s release of water, he said that provinces in the Chi and Mul river-basin areas would not be much affected thanks to various prevention measures that were in place.
