403,235 krathong baskets collected from waterways across Bangkok

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The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) collected 403,235 krathong from canals, lakes and other waterways in the capital, following the annual Loy Krathong festival on Friday night.

 

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said today (Saturday) that the quantity of krathong collected this year was about 80,000 fewer than last year and 96.46% of them were made with degradable materials, compared to 96.40% last year.

 

City officials started collecting the floating krathong at about 8pm last night and had completed the task by 5am this morning.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/403235-krathong-baskets-collected-from-waterways-across-bangkok/

 

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[worgeordie]

49 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) collected 403,235 krathong

I am sure they did not count them all , just a guess ,......????....Like TAT numbers.

regards worgeordie

[ThLT]

22 minutes ago, worgeordie said:

I am sure they did not count them all , just a guess ,......????....Like TAT numbers.

regards worgeordie

They probably weigh a few wet, and then weigh piles, or count the number per m3 by volume for example... Different way of counting. Still counting though.

Edited November 20, 2021 by ThLT

[crazykopite]

Great pity that they can’t vaccinate those in need of a Covid jab in the time it took to collect all those baskets 

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) collected 403,235 krathong from canals, lakes and other waterways in the capital, following the annual Loy Krathong festival on Friday night.

Don't try and tell me they actually counted them.... Plsssssssssss just stop it.

[khunPer]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) collected 403,235 krathong from canals...

Amazing that they count them so precisely, but it's of course "amazing Thailand" - great cleaning job they have done...????

[bojo]

6 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Amazing that they count them so precisely, but it's of course "amazing Thailand" - great cleaning job they have done...????

How about letting the public know how many coins they found and what was the total value and which charities they donated the funds to, that would be satisfying info for the locals.................

[Cake Monster]

44 minutes ago, khunPer said:

Amazing that they count them so precisely, but it's of course "amazing Thailand" - great cleaning job they have done...????

Great cleaning job indeed.

And they were all disposed of How ?

If its like my local Village, they are all collected up along with all the other trash and just dumped anywhere.

[josephbloggs]

3 hours ago, crazykopite said:

Great pity that they can’t vaccinate those in need of a Covid jab in the time it took to collect all those baskets 

What on earth are you on about?  What a weird and random post.

 

Around 750,000 vaccine doses given yesterday BTW.

[Benmart]

5 hours ago, ThLT said:

They probably weigh a few wet, and then weigh piles, or count the number per m3 by volume for example... Different way of counting. Still counting though.

Much like the Covid case counting. Unreliable when considering who is counting and the motive.

[ThLT]

23 hours ago, Benmart said:

Much like the Covid case counting. Unreliable when considering who is counting and the motive.

How does that make any sense? 
The government has a secret motive to increase the numbers of gratongs collected? ????

 

Edited November 21, 2021 by ThLT

[hotchilli]

On 11/20/2021 at 12:18 PM, webfact said:

Bangkok Governor Aswin Kwanmuang said today (Saturday) that the quantity of krathong collected this year was about 80,000 fewer than last year and 96.46% of them were made with degradable materials, compared to 96.40% last year.

 

City officials started collecting the floating krathong at about 8pm last night and had completed the task by 5am this morning.

Amazing Thailand...

they "say" they collected 403,235 Krathongs across Bangkok, inspected each one to calculate the percentage of degradable ones and could give a total figure Saturday morning.

How long did it take to count the election vote?

Hmmmm