Bangkok Governor Pushes B9m Plan for Lifesaving Seismographs

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Bangkok's governor Chadchart Sittipunt is on a mission to secure a nine-million-baht budget for installing earthquake measurement devices across eight skyscraping hospitals in the city.

 

After a similar proposal failed to pass in September 2023, Chadchart is giving it another go, banking on a shift in the City Council's stance in light of recent seismic concerns.

 

His proposition comes as a safety measure to protect tall hospital buildings like the towering 37-storey Thani Nopparat Building and the 17-storey Somdet Chao Phraya Taksin Maharat Building.

 

Chadchart highlights the newfound affordability and critical nature of the technology that gathers essential data to ensure structural safety. The budget might come from the 2026 fiscal allocations or central government funds.

 

 

 

The Bangkok governor is keen on reinforcing public confidence by potentially expanding the installation of these devices beyond hospitals to other government and private structures, should the initial phase succeed.

 

These seismographs, estimated at nine million baht, promise not only to be lifesavers but also pivotal in enhancing data reliability for future urban planning and crisis management.

 

Based on a story by Bangkok Post

 

-- 2025-04-03

 

 

[Tropicalevo]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

His proposition comes as a safety measure to protect tall hospital buildings like the towering 37-storey Thani Nopparat Building and the 17-storey Somdet Chao Phraya Taksin Maharat Building.

 

For goodness sake.

A seismograph does not save lives.

It is already happening when the thing records it.

That is too late.

 

The buildings that he wants to 'protect' are completed already, are they not?

What will he do when there is an earthquake - send people to the site to hold it steady?

[MikeandDow]

4 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

 

For goodness sake.

A seismograph does not save lives.

It is already happening when the thing records it.

That is too late.

 

The buildings that he wants to 'protect' are completed already, are they not?

What will he do when there is an earthquake - send people to the site to hold it steady?

Totally agree waste of money