Worry not subsiding as 19 provinces remain flooded
No its only mismanagement when your minister does not release water from the dams, to save the rice and only releases it at the worst possible moment when the high tides are there. That is what happened during Yingluck Shinawatra.
The junta, who certainly have their faults, has been releasing water from the dams now for months to make sure they did not have to release it at the worst possible time. So far they have done a good job (believe one dam did burst somewhere in the north east). But its a far cry from holding all the water in the dams to help the farmers and then at the high of the floods add more.
Its impossible to prevent flooding but you can try to make the impact less.
robbolk
More lies. Yingluck was sworn in in middle August 2011 and the floods hit Bangkok middle September, how can they have released the water from the dams? To prevent a floods, water must be released in March. In March 2011, the Democrats ran the government. Where is your link to prove that they released water when there was a high tide? The high tide occured when the flood reached Bangkok. The flood of 2011 did not start in September; it started in June (before the election) when areas in Singburi flooded. Compare these facts to the fact the junta being in control for the whole rainfall season.
You don’t know what you are talking about. But for those who like the truth it is publicised and available to anyone seeking it. Where Yingluck failed was in managing the communication to the people when the floods hit. Let’s see how the junta handle the situation. By the way, I am not a Yingluck supporter but I hate lies and liars.
SouthernStar
Junta mismanagement. Oh, I forgot, it is only mismanagement when a Shinawatra-elected government presides over such a debacle.
Father Fintan Stack
Flood control should be Thailand’s number one priority before all else.
If there was ever a need for a public works programme, this is it.
NCC1701A
Who cares? The majority of flooding is in the Northeast and Northwest – red shirt provinces. Nobody in government, especially this shambles, cares about it because it aint Bangkok. Rice farms flooded, poor villages flooded – pah! Industrial and downtown Bangkok – all hands on deck!
thaiguzzi
