Garbage blamed for slowing down of water in drainage tunnel

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Garbage blamed for slowing down of water in drainage tunnel



BANGKOK: -- Over eight tonnes of garbage have been plucked from the drainage tunnel at Rama IX and they were suspected of slowing down the flow of rain water from road surfaces in Bangkok in the past two days.

Officials of the Drainage and Sewage Office of the City Hall said Wednesday that the slow drainage water from Klong Saensaeb and Klong Lat Phrao was caused by a huge amount of garbage at the Rama IX tunnel.

The garbage includes pieces of furniture, mattress, tree branches and plastic bags which clogged the klongs and, hence slowing down the water flow. Officials worked throughout Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning to unclog the canals and managed to pull out more than eight tonnes of garbage.

The officials said that the four water pumps which were installed at Soi Sukhumvit 50 to drain water into the Chao Phraya river did not help much because of the huge amount of garbage accumulated at Rama IX water tunnel.

Source: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/169699-2/


-- Thai PBS 2016-06-23

[ukrules]

So what we have here is large populace which dumps all their garbage into the nearest canal. Cleaning it up is the least of their problems.

[Thechook]

Thais love to dump rubbish wherever they can. Went back to our home in chiangmai after a couple of months in Australia to be greeted with a pile of rubbish in our yard. Everything from household garbage to garden pruning. Cost us 600 baht to have it cleaned up and taken away. Two heavily loaded pickups.

[bangkokfrog]

This is no excuse... the BMA are still hopelessly inefficient and ineffective. I accept that there is little sense of community here and that people throw garbage anywhere they can get away with it. But surely the BMA should recognize this and not leave it until it rains to clear the drains.

[SABloke]

Rubbish is the cause, but you can't blame the rubbish: the people tht caused the rubbish to be there are to blame

[sjjmmi]

And we checked it, this time last year

[Winniedapu]

When did Noah build the Ark?

BEFORE it started to rain.

When should the drainage tunnels and channels have been cleared?

BEFORE it started to rain.

It isn't rocket science...

Winnie

[taichiplanet]

that cheeky rubbish, sneaking up on us while we weren't looking for the last few months.

[Alive]

A drainage tunnel is part of the machine we live in; nothing natural about concrete waterways. Make the machine work or go back to nature!

[smedly]

So what we have here is large populace which dumps all their garbage into the nearest canal. Cleaning it up is the least of their problems.

and further, everything that is done in Thailand is always after the fact because staying ahead of these problems costs money, is there even such a word as "proactive" in Thai

We see everything ranging from incidents at sea and the carnage on the roads not to mention bungie ropes snapping - lethal fires that kill children, lifts that drop to mention a few, only then does some official or some so called responsible person think it might have been a good idea to attempt to prevent these things from happening rather than clean up the mess afterwards - no that would cost money and money needs to go in pocket. will they ever learn.

NO

[johncat1]

8 tons of garbage accumulated overnight ? Independent auditors need to check if the Bangkok authorities have been carrying out their maintenance or did they spend all that money on Christmas lights

[Caps]

They have been jumping in the drains and cleaning them out on the Soi where I live in BKK. They did the same last year too. It helps get rid of the water quicker

[canuckamuck]

Garbage blamed for slowing down of water in drainage tunnel

The garbage says however that it is "not my fault:, and claims that "someone threw me in there".

[metisdead]

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[IMA_FARANG]

Some years ago I used to live on Soi 38, Sukhumvit Road.

At that time a relative of the Thai Queen used to live on the same road.

There was a drainage canal next to that street.

II was cleaned and all the trash removed at least once a year.

Usually by prisoners.

I believe when the royal relative was alive. that drainage canal was the cleanest in Bangkok.

[klauskunkel]

Glad you found the cause. Same cause and same places every year after year. Could have checked before the rain, but that requires - what's the word - 'initiative" (I am starting to lose certain words from my vocabulary from lack of usage)

[Emster23]

Cleaning up this garbage would be good place for the 138 hours of community service that young woman agreed to do as punishment for killing 9. Here's your gloves, sweetheart. Have at it.

[halloween]

When did Noah build the Ark?

BEFORE it started to rain.

When should the drainage tunnels and channels have been cleared?

BEFORE it started to rain.

It isn't rocket science...

Winnie

Could it be possible that they were cleaned before it rained, and the garbage was washed into them AFTER it rained?

Not rocket science, hydrology.

[seajae]

if I remember correctly they were cleaning all the rubbish out a while back in preparation for the wet season but with the way so many thais tend to simply toss all their rubbish in the closest drain etc its no wonder it builds up again so fast. Maybe its time to introduce fines for anyone caught throwing rubbish etc in these drains/klongs or in the streets, certainly would help remove some of the stink as well as rats we now have everywhere. What ever happened to pride in their country or has it never existed.

[pod8460]

It's the pesky farangs that drop cigarette buts near the entrance to the bts stations. Thank goodness the authorities catch and fine them.

[AgMech Cowboy]

So what we have here is large populace which dumps all their garbage into the nearest canal. Cleaning it up is the least of their problems.

A long dry spell caused by the drought and lack of efficient city garbage system set the stage. It reminds me of Jakarta every year when the rains came.

[Winniedapu]

When did Noah build the Ark?

BEFORE it started to rain.

When should the drainage tunnels and channels have been cleared?

BEFORE it started to rain.

It isn't rocket science...

Winnie

Could it be possible that they were cleaned before it rained, and the garbage was washed into them AFTER it rained?

Not rocket science, hydrology.

Here's a rule of thumb for you and all other non-thinkers.

If it takes 3 cleans a year to keep it clear, clean it out 3 times a yesr

If 3 times a year is not enough, clean it out 4 times a year

If 4 times a year is not enough, clean it out 5 times a year

Get the picture? Clean it out as many times as you have to to stop rubbish blocking it.

Or

Find a new job.

It really isn't rocket science, do what the people of Thailand pay you to do. If people's behaviour is responsible, stop bleating that it isn't your faults, and find a solution to changing that behaviour, That is what the people of Thailand pay you to do, so get on and do it.

One can accept the Thai tradition of never accepting responsibility for anything so far and no further.

W

[skildpadden]

The BMA should regularly maintain the khlongs and drainage canals - not when it is too late. However that modus operandi is not different than the previous years.

That being said, where should the common Thai drop their garbage? There are no public bins anywhere (at least in Bangkok), no proper recycling stations where you can legally drop your furniture, building materials or other stuff. Luckily there are the recycling collectors crusing the city on their old motorbikes, but they cannot cover all sois in Bangkok and only pick up a certain amount a day.

Yes, I have also seen disugusting behaviour of rampant littering, but I also notice a lot of people using the bin if there is one, so a re-introduction of bins around the city would help a lot as well as recycling centers (or at least a certain day of the week where you can put out big garbage at the street side and it would then be collected).

[halloween]

When did Noah build the Ark?

BEFORE it started to rain.

When should the drainage tunnels and channels have been cleared?

BEFORE it started to rain.

It isn't rocket science...

Winnie

Could it be possible that they were cleaned before it rained, and the garbage was washed into them AFTER it rained?

Not rocket science, hydrology.

Here's a rule of thumb for you and all other non-thinkers.

If it takes 3 cleans a year to keep it clear, clean it out 3 times a yesr

If 3 times a year is not enough, clean it out 4 times a year

If 4 times a year is not enough, clean it out 5 times a year

Get the picture? Clean it out as many times as you have to to stop rubbish blocking it.

Or

Find a new job.

It really isn't rocket science, do what the people of Thailand pay you to do. If people's behaviour is responsible, stop bleating that it isn't your faults, and find a solution to changing that behaviour, That is what the people of Thailand pay you to do, so get on and do it.

One can accept the Thai tradition of never accepting responsibility for anything so far and no further.

W

So you totally discount the possibility that a klong can be quite clean just before it rains, and that heavy rain could wash garbage into the klong from the surrounding areas?

Or did you ignore that in favour of your anti-Thai rant?

BTW the BMA workers were out in the pouring rain trying to stop the garbage clogging the system. Great job, highly paid with unbelievably good benefits - you get to keep all the garbage you want.

[Doc46]

You can't blame the Garbage for this(not flooding 5555 Draining problem)

It's the problem of Common sense,,,,Can't Find any,,,,

If there was Any common sense then there would be NO Garbage

on the Roads,in drains /vacant allotments/Peoples properties,,,

It would be where it belongs,,,, In Garbage Bins and Rubbish Dumps,,,,

[scorecard]

This is no excuse... the BMA are still hopelessly inefficient and ineffective. I accept that there is little sense of community here and that people throw garbage anywhere they can get away with it. But surely the BMA should recognize this and not leave it until it rains to clear the drains.

Further, if there is a BMA officer / team responsible to continuously monitor, in many locations,this then what happened?

[CLW]

Sure, just blame the garbage...

How about the incompetence of the BMA and drainage department.

Ever heard of prevention? Or regularly checks?

I mean it's obvious that you should expect heavy rain during rainy season, or not?

Every time the same game, rain=flooding, no rain=drought.

Seems they never learn...

[goodheart555]

A drainage tunnel is part of the machine we live in; nothing natural about concrete waterways. Make the machine work or go back to nature!

Forward to nature might be best.

[goodheart555]

The problem is this year there was not much rain and the garbage collected in the drains, here in Thailand they depend on heavy rain to go through all the drains to easily wash all the garbage into the rivers and then into the sea.

Flooding also helps with this.

[DTRACKER300]

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