After the Loy Krathong party the clean-up begins

 

Image: Voice TV

 

The Bangkok governor ordered his men to mount a huge clean-up operation along a big stretch of the Chao Praya river in Bangkok last night after the annual Loy Krathong celebrations. 

 

Asawin Khwanmuang mobilized 202 staff and several dozen boats that worked through the night to pick up hundreds of thousands of krathongs floating in the river. 

 

The cleaners were out in force from the Rama VII bridge all the way to Bang Na, reported Voice TV.

 

Last year a total of more than 660,000 little boats or krathongs were tidied up. Nearly seven percent of those were made of foam. 

 

Source: Voice TV

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-11-04

Great. A holiday where the main event is to litter.

this is true Thaineas.

2 hours ago, soistalker said:

Great. A holiday where the main event is to litter.

this is true Thaineas.

No it's not. It's the kid swimming amongst the turds to collect the 1 baht coin, seconds after launch, before the prayer is even started, trashing the whole thing.

 

The spirits have to work hard to get there first!

5 hours ago, rooster59 said:

660,000 little boats or krathongs

That's a lot of baht collected.  It's normal to put a few baht into each kratong.

So Bangkok did a cleanup. What happened in the rest of the country?  Were they bothered.

1 minute ago, Keesters said:

So Bangkok did a cleanup. What happened in the rest of the country?  Were they bothered.

that's none of your business!