Chaophraya River Flooding

[Jai Dee]

THE BMA IS CONFIDENT IT CAN ACCOMODATE THE ONCOMING NORTHERN WATER

The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is accelerating the construction of the permanent barrier on CHAOPHRAYA (เจ้าพระยา) River banks to prevent the rising river from flooding into residences.

Deputy Bangkok Governor SAMART RATCHAPHONSIT (สามารถ ราชพลสิทธิ์) said the remaining 20 kilometers of the barrier will be accelerated for completion by 2007, to foster long-term solution to the problem of inundated areas along the river. The barriers will be between 2.4 meters to 3 meters above sea level depending on the locality.

As for the short-term measure to prevent water from CHAOPHRAYA River overflowing the banks during the arrival of the northern water in mid-October, the BMA is dispersing water from CHAOPHRAYA River to prepare for the oncoming water. The water flow in CHAOPHRAYA is at 1,600 cubic meters per second at present, and Mr. SAMART said he was confident the northern water could be dealt with.

Source: thaisnews.com ประจำวันศุกร์ที่ 30 กันยายน 2548