Chadchart inspects repaired Chao Phraya levees in Yannawa
Governor says BMA is ready to deal with runoffs from the North
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt inspected the repair of flood levees along the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Yannawa district on Wednesday and expressed confidence in the city administration’s ability to deal with flood waters flowing into the capital from the North.
Chadchart and deputy Bangkok governor Wisanu Supsompol as well as senior officials from the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)’s Drainage and Sewerage Department visited the Chao Phraya banks in the Rama III area in Yannawa to check a water gate and the repair of flood levees.
The delegation observed the construction of a new water gate on Klong Ta Huang closer to the river for better water management. The construction was ongoing when they visited.
Chadchart was informed that the department would also dredge the canal to make it deeper so that it could retain more water.
The delegation was shown the ruptured spots of the levee along the river banks that had been fixed, and that water pumps had been installed in areas where there was risk of the river overflowing.
Chadchart said the upstream Sirikit and Bhumibol dams had capacity to hold more water and therefore not much of the runoffs would reach Bangkok.
He expected more upstream flood water to arrive in October when the sea tide would also rise, but expressed confidence in the BMA’s ability to handle the situation.
