BMA preparing to contend with floods next year

 

 

BANGKOK, 24th November 2017 (NNT) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has instructed all of the city’s 50 district offices to draft flood prevention and remedy plans to be publicized in towns and cities in preparation for rains next year. 

Deputy Bangkok Governor Chakkaphan Piew-ngam recently handed down policy on water management to relevant offices of the BMA, including its Department of Drainage and Sewerage, Department of Public Works, Traffic and Transport Department and district offices in a bid to make needed preparations well ahead of next year’s rainy season. 

He called for all of the capital’s district offices to analyze flood data from this year and draft prevention and mitigation plans. Policy handed down also involved the dredging of 83 canals covering 112 kilometers and of pipes in 3,285 Sois by April 2018. 

District officials are to pay particular attention to flood prone areas or places susceptible to flooding. They are to calculate the water holding capacity of each district and publicize all relevant information ahead of the monsoon season next year.

 

-- nnt 2017-11-24

They say the same every year,but are been a bit proactive,as usually

wait till the rains start,then think about cleaning the drains out.

regards worgeordie

MORONS!

Same SH** same results..... didn't read........

And they really really mean it this year!!

SSDD.. It's like watching a merry-go-round  

555..... What about this years flood damage?  Next year, 555!   Results of the meeting:  "There will be a flood!"

Yes every year there are storms and there is flooding all over the place. Why hould there

be anything different next year? This is Thailand after all.

Geezer

Probably right after they solve all the traffic problems in Bangkok