Residents submit flood plan

Three districts aim toclear stagnant water

The Flood Relief Operations Command and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration accept agreed with a six-point angle ambitious bigger administration of brackish and corrupt floodwater in Bangkok's Don Muang and Laksi districts and Pathum Thani's Muang district.

Soldiers get lucky A resident in flooded soi 69 on Rama II Road hands Buddhist amulets to a military officer to express thanks for the soldiers’ flood relief mission. PATIPAT JANTHONG

They apprenticed to accede the proposals submitted bygone by about 30 assembly from the three flood-hit districts afterwards they had a affair with the representatives, led by Pongthep Sirisap, at the Froc headquarters.

Froc agent Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen accustomed the letter and met assembly to altercate the issue.

The BMA's representative, above Democrat MP applicant for Don Muang Tankhun Chit-isara, and Anond Snidvongs, the Froc's baptize administration adviser, aswell attended.

After the meeting, Pol Gen Pongsapat promised to present the proposals to the abatement board and the prime abbot to consider. Mr Pongthep said assembly were blessed with the after-effects of the meeting.

First of the six proposals, the association requested 30 pumps to cesspool baptize from Klong Pream Prachakorn into Khlong Rangsit on its way to the Chao Phraya River and they aswell requested abetment with ammunition and electricity shortages in some areas.

Second, they capital Khlong Prem Prachakorn to be bankrupt of bits and clutter that is obstructing the baptize breeze and for the douse aboideau to be opened as broadly as possible.

Third, they asked that a new "big bag" barrier be complete forth Khlong Rangsit in the breadth beneath Rangsit arch to stop baptize entering Vibhavadi Alley and activate clarification the breadth as able-bodied as abolish the old barrier to acquiesce the access of alley cartage to resume.

Fourth, they aswell capital the baptize to be pushed out of eastern Khlong Rangsit; altered transaction ante depending on the severity of the calamity in altered areas; and for the Froc to accede clarification baptize to Khlong Ban Mai as an another to accelerate draining.

Fifth, the assembly proposed advantage models such as compensating 50% of the accident but not beyond 500,000 baht, advantage for assorted households active beneath one acreage registration, and 50% compensation, taxation and a workers' action for landlords.

Last, they requested an addendum of the fee absolution on all tollways in their area.

He aswell said he would carefully adviser the supply of the promises and would accommodated with the afflicted association to explain the bearings to them today at a restaurant on Sri Samarn Alley in Don Muang district.

In accompanying news, Pol Gen Pracha, Nonthaburi Governor Wichean Putiwinyu, agent city-limits agent of the BMA Jumpol Samkaopol and Weera Sangna, the Froc's administrator of board on baptize administration in the worst-affected flood areas, captivated a columnist appointment bygone to advertise that BMA would accessible all douse gates in Khlong Mahasawat to capricious degrees as an acknowledgment to the Nonthaburi residents' appeal through the governor.

Mr Wichean said afterward the residents' appeal to widen the aperture of the douse gates from 50cm to one accent or added in Khlong Mahasawat, the BMA had agreed to accessible all of them but the amplitude of the openings will be altered from abode to place.

He said some gates ability be accessible 70-80cm and some ability be accessible to added than a metre. If the openings don't actualize problems for Bangkok residents, the addition of the gates will continue.

There will aswell be a abridgement in the acme of the barriers forth Khlong Bang Kruai in Bang Phlat and Bang Lamphu commune of Bangkok and Nonthaburi's Bang Kruai commune so that the baptize can cesspool appear the douse gate.

The BMA will accede abbreviation the acme according to the aperture of the aboideau from 50cm to 1m.

Mr Jumpol said he was assured the aperture of the gates would not affect Bangkok.

Science and Environment Abbot Plodprasop Suraswadi, who is arch of Froc's flood operations section, said BMA accept to annihilate all flood barriers to acquiesce brackish floodwater arctic of the barriers to bound breeze to the sea.

"The aperture of flood barriers will not affectation any flood accident as floodwater levels in several areas accept receded acutely over the accomplished two months, decidedly in areas forth the Chao Phraya River," he said.

The government had no ascendancy to annihilate the flood barriers erected by City-limits Hall, he added.

But the BMA bygone appear that eight of 36 districts afflicted by calamity were still in a analytical condition, with levels beyond 80cm. The districts are Bang Khen, Bang Kae, Bang Phlat, Don Muang, Klong Sam Wa, Sai Mai, Taling Chan and Thawi Watthana.

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