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Bangkok’s seasonal floods reveal the problem of short-term thinking


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With more heavy downpours forecast through the remaining rainy season, there is both good news and bad news for Thailand residents worried about floods.

 

On the bright side, authorities and experts have promised that the flooding will not be as bad as the 2011 disaster. However, many say that serious floods have returned because no real solutions have been applied since the calamity a decade ago.

 

“Since the big floods of 2011, we have got the National Water Resources Act, the Office of the National Water Resources, the National River Basin Committee and many more such bodies,” Kasetsart University lecturer Sitang Pilailar told Thai PBS World.

 

“There are more than 30 agencies [for water management]. Yet, we have barely made any progress, especially in the face of crises,” the lecturer at the university’s Water Resources Engineering Department said.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/bangkoks-seasonal-floods-reveal-the-problem-of-short-term-thinking/

 

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There's always lots and lots of talk but little action by any of 30+ committees because, gosh it's just too much trouble to get off our collective lazy ass! to do anything about the problem.  It's so much easier to just back in our aircon offices and relax. 

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