BANGKOK, July 21 (TNA) – Officials were trying to drain floodwater on Sukhumvit 71 Road in Wattana district where the heavy rains that started last night measured more than 150 millimeters. They blamed garbage for blocking waterways and drainage efforts.

 

Officials of the Department of Drainage and Sewerage of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) were operating water pumps at a pumping station at the Khlong Ma Khuea Canal in Wattana district to accelerate flood drainage on Sukhumvit 71 Road and adjacent Khlong Tan intersection in Suan Luang district.

 

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Wow, like this is a revelation! Why is there not an ongoing clearance schedule to remove this cr*p because it happens continually. Surely the rainy season does not come as a surprise every year.

The fact that the public know it, the tourists see and the government do nothing about it speaks volumes to me - there's no money in cleaning it 

Maintenance is not a word used in Thailand. Same with their cars and bikes.  Never change the oil, brake pads, chains, tyres etc. That costs money !  

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

They blamed garbage for blocking waterways and drainage efforts.

blame the tossers, the garbage is innocent

1 hour ago, brommers said:

Wow, like this is a revelation! Why is there not an ongoing clearance schedule to remove this cr*p because it happens continually. Surely the rainy season does not come as a surprise every year.

The cr@p is not there until a heavy rainfall occurs, it gets washed into the waterways from all-over the place, people with rubbish outside their properties, small bins outside heavy wind and rain simply wash it away.  

Why can the Thai government not put garbage bins on the streets so that when you finish a bottle of water.

 

In Kingston, we used to have trucks that went along the street and vacuum the drains.  

pit grates on the sewers that do not let bottles go into the sewer.

Hire a company to clean the canals.

36 minutes ago, Alcat said:

Maintenance is not a word used in Thailand. Same with their cars and bikes.  Never change the oil, brake pads, chains, tyres etc. That costs money !  

And many like to fly with Thai air   ????

3 minutes ago, kingstonkid said:

Why can the Thai government not put garbage bins on the streets so that when you finish a bottle of water.

 

In Kingston, we used to have trucks that went along the street and vacuum the drains.  

pit grates on the sewers that do not let bottles go into the sewer.

Hire a company to clean the canals.

All of that costs money, lots of it, and that would deprive the government members, together with the elite + others from milking billions of baht  from the nation for their own coffers.

Edited July 22, 20223 yr by Excel

If they'd get out in the streets  instead of  in the offices they would have  known  this years ago...

 

So hire   the many out of work Thai's as road sweepers/ cleaners, or educate the locals on using the garbage bin when u can find one thats not overflowing...

44 minutes ago, Alcat said:

Maintenance is not a word used in Thailand. Same with their cars and bikes.  Never change the oil, brake pads, chains, tyres etc. That costs money !  

don't forget houses, once they're build and sold detoriation marches in and within a year can see molds, leakage etc

Thais will quickly turn any vacant land into a garbage dump. A soi in our local area has looked during the many years I have lived here. The piles of garbage are just getting higher and higher. Squatters are also occupying abandoned houses in the same soi. The RTP is often seen in the area, so the officials in charge will know all about this problem. 

 

There were so many large garbage bags floating down 71 ,and assorted plastic rubbish ,.I lost count .Prehps a ban on single use plastic is long overdue

1 hour ago, davemos said:

Prehps a ban on single use plastic is long overdue

There is. But this is Thailand, where nobody takes any notice of anything. When I moved to my place in the country I filled two huge plastic bags (oh, the irony) with rubbish that people had just thrown to the side of the road. Taking your garbage with you requires self discipline, and that is largely entirely absent here. Someone else's job to pick it up.

17 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

They blamed garbage

Thailand - now the hub of garbage blocked drains and canals???

 

 

https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/bangkok-struggles-to-clear-garbage/

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Officials were trying to drain floodwater on Sukhumvit 71 Road in Wattana district where the heavy rains that started last night measured more than 150 millimeters. They blamed garbage for blocking waterways and drainage efforts.

While the public were blaming officials for not removing garbage from the streets which leads to flooding issues.

The cycle of life in Thailand.

4 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

The fact that the public know it, the tourists see and the government do nothing about it speaks volumes to me - there's no money in cleaning it 

Thailand took the meaning of
"where there's muck there's Brass"  literally

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3 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

In Kingston, we used to have trucks that went along the street and vacuum the drains.  

pit grates on the sewers that do not let bottles go into the sewer.

Hire a company to clean the canals.

In Thailand ...... get used to it.

According to scientists 90 percent of garbage pollution in the sea comes from rivers, so no wonder if there are garbage in the drains to prevent flooding, perhaps they should have been cleaned before the rainy season, perhaps something to remember next year...

6 hours ago, brommers said:

Wow, like this is a revelation! Why is there not an ongoing clearance schedule to remove this cr*p because it happens continually. Surely the rainy season does not come as a surprise every year.

It is called maintenance but who needs that?

On 7/22/2022 at 11:50 AM, hotchilli said:

In Thailand ...... get used to it.

been here 12 years got used to it 12 years ago  

just saying what they could do