Bangkok Gears Up for Rainy Season: Drainage Cleanup, Canal Dredging, and Flood Prevention in All 50 Districts by May
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2025
(February 13, 2025) – Bangkok is wasting no time in preparing for the annual downpour. Governor Chadchart Sittipunt chaired the second Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) department heads’ meeting of 2025, held at Rattanakosin Hall, Bangkok City Hall, Phra Nakhon District, where officials outlined an ambitious plan to clear drains, dredge canals, and identify flood-prone areas before the monsoon arrives.
Divers collaborate to clean up marine waste off Koh Phangan
SATURDAY, AUGUST 03, 2024
A group of divers, including local officials, tourists, and private sector representatives, joined forces on Friday to clean up marine debris in the waters off Koh Phangan.
Some 5,000 city workers and volunteers on Wednesday conducted a "Big Cleaning Day" in Bangkok's Phra Nakhon following His Majesty the King's coronation.
Some 200 residents and tourists joined forces on Sunday to collect the garbage that has swept into Khlong Tha Chin tambon Rassada of Phuket’s Muang district.
Crackdown on monks a junta attempt to clean up Sangha
FRIDAY, MAY 25, 2018
UNPRECEDENTED police action against high-ranking monks are a part of the junta government’s key initiative to clean up the country’s often-untouchable ecclesiastical sector, according to an informed source.
About 100 volunteers took part in a three-day cleaning operation at Koh Khai Beach in Pathiu district and the Lom Phraya Pier in Muang district of Chumphon.
The Krabi Tourism Association president, Wattana Rerngsamut, has commented following complaints from tourists in Krabi about the large amount of tour companies’ advertising signs and kayaks on the beaches of Koh Phi Phi.