Prawit Wades In To Help Chadchart Solve City Flooding

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TNR Staff

 

CARETAKER Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan inspected Khlong Saen Saep floodgate in Minburi to monitor the flooding in the capital with Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt being on hand to brief him on the situation, Naewna newspaper said this afternoon (Sept. 14).

 

Chadchart told Prawit, who was accompanied by Deputy Defence Minister Gen. Chaicharn Changmongkol and two Palang Pracharat Party MPs, that Bangkok has been lashed by torrential rain for days now and he is going to propose to the Office of the National Water Resources that a water expressway be built to drain floodwater.

 

This water expressway would not go through the Phra Khanong area, he added.

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2022/09/14/prawit-wades-in-to-help-chadchart-solve-city-flooding/

 

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[Nicholas Paul KNIGHT]

Maybe if he stayed away from water the levels would go down. .....hahaha

[RichardColeman]

Feel sorry for him really, stuck between this rock star life and a comfy afternoon nap

[ozz1]

How about spending some money on flood mitigation but can't wait to have a photo op 

[2baht]

What can Big Dye offer that many before him failed to achieve? Bangkok is on average 1.5 metres above sea level and flat, good luck with that one!

[Andycoops]

Perhaps he could throw himself into the breech with that posture and stem the flow.

[Gottfrid]

Go Mr. P! If you stare at the water long time enough it might dry up.

[klauskunkel]

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

What can Big Dye offer that many before him failed to achieve?

He might have a higher than average water displacement tonnage, just have to steer him to where he is of best use... (sound of foghorn playing)

Edited September 15, 2022 by klauskunkel

[sammieuk1]

It was surely more of waddle than a wade as he clung on to his Zimmer frame ????

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, Andycoops said:

Perhaps he could throw himself into the breech with that posture and stem the flow.

I had similar thoughts... head north and block the path by jumping in.

[Cake Monster]

I had visions of the little Ball Bearing bobbing about in the Chao Praya River when I read the headline at first.

[Aussieroaming]

Prawit is an oxygen thief who will contribute zero to rectifying the flood issue. The big question is " how do you stop a natural flood plain from flooding"? They need to divert and store upstream flows away from the down stream flood plain, which incurs massive infrastructure costs to build and maintain.