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Industrial estates in Prachin Buri 'high and dry'
The Nation

BANGKOK: -- AUTHORITIES HAVE inspected industrial estates in provinces hit by flooding and insist they are not at risk of inundation.

"We are confident there will be no flooding," Industry Minister Prasert Boonchaisuk said yesterday.

More than 50 small factories outside industrial parks in seven provinces have been affected by flooding, and some had been forced to suspend operations, he said.

Many factory estates were heavily damaged during the flood crisis of 2011, which cost the country billions.

Verapong Chaiperm, governor of the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand, said an around-the-clock monitoring system had been set up at 16 industrial parks prone to flooding.

"There is a contingency plan in case of emergency or flooding, as well as frequent drills. We also have a quick-response plan," he said.

Even though the eastern province of Prachin Buri was heavily swamped, industrial estates said they were out of danger.

"We're located on a hill and it's about 10 kilometres from the flooded area," said Thanong Srijit, vice president of Saha Pathana Inter Holding and an executive of Kabinburi Industrial Estate.

The company had no plan to deal with possible water intrusion because the plants were sitting on land nine metres above the road.

The estate was on much higher ground than communities around the local market in Kabin Buri, which was under water, he said.

Thawit Techanawakul, chairman of Hi-Tech Kabin Logistics, also said the company's Hi-Tech Kabin Industrial Park was safely perched atop a hill that was about 10 metres higher than the lowest lying area.

It also had a contingency plan. Two large reservoirs with combined capacity of 1.5 million cubic metres have been prepared to drain away floodwater. So there was no need to build floodwalls around the compound, he said.


-- The Nation 2013-10-02

[hellodolly]

Did they have to search a long time to find an industrial estate that was not flooded?

Not sure what the big news is here unless there is a large number of Industrial estates that are flooded.

The umbrella village here in Chiang Mai is not flooded either.

[Bagwan]

The big factories may not be inundated but many of the workers may be otherwise engaged in baling out their homes. Furthermore the small factories that are partly under water may well be suppliers of components and that could well bring the production lines to a grinding halt. Any chance of getting ALL the unvarnished facts?

[Halion]

This report is total crap and was only put together to infer that this government knows what it is doing. What kind of inundation would be needed to provide flooding up to a depth of 10 meters.

Articles such as this strongly suggest that either the authors are mental retards or that they think that their audience are ignorant.

[mrwebb8825]

"Thawit Techanawakul, chairman of Hi-Tech Kabin Logistics, also said the company's Hi-Tech Kabin Industrial Park was safely perched atop a hill that was about 10 metres higher than the lowest lying area.

It also had a contingency plan. Two large reservoirs with combined capacity of 1.5 million cubic metres have been prepared to drain away floodwater. So there was no need to build floodwalls around the compound, he said."

So...your contingency plan is, you've dug 2 really big holes in the ground and if the water rises more than the ten meter elevation of the park you're going to pump that water into those holes. That about right?

[Thai at Heart]

"Thawit Techanawakul, chairman of Hi-Tech Kabin Logistics, also said the company's Hi-Tech Kabin Industrial Park was safely perched atop a hill that was about 10 metres higher than the lowest lying area.

It also had a contingency plan. Two large reservoirs with combined capacity of 1.5 million cubic metres have been prepared to drain away floodwater. So there was no need to build floodwalls around the compound, he said."

So...your contingency plan is, you've dug 2 really big holes in the ground and if the water rises more than the ten meter elevation of the park you're going to pump that water into those holes. That about right?

Hey, it's an improvement on their first effort at an industrial estate. I think Hi-Tech in Ayuttaya was the first and the last estate to go under. Strategically built in surrounding paddy fields, a mere 50cm above the canal next to it, it was a masterpiece in how to take a very cheap piece of land and sell it to wealthy people to put their factories on.

I saw it after the flood. Did ANYONE move back in?