The heavy raining on March,Tuesday 24 and in the morning
of Wednesday caused flooding in many area of Bangkok
such as Asok Road,Sukhumvit area and the Bangkok-Chon
Buri motoway which cause severe traffic congestion.
The rain fell at a rate over 70 ml/hour in many areas of
the city,which beyond the city’s 60 ml/hour capacity.
It took between on or two hour to drain the inundated
area,except for Asok intersection a low–lying area that
took thee hours to drain said by the Bangkok governor,
Sukhumbhand Paribatra.
The unseasonal flooding in the moddle of the summer
reminded me a painful memories of the severe flood
in 2011.
And also raises serious queation about the efficiency of
the
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA),especially
the Drainage and Sewage Department in Handing an
emergency case.
Meanwhile the Bangkok governor joked that “Bangkok
is the river city and we have to deal with flood from
time to time .Go and live in the mountain if you want
to be free of floods”
In fact one of
the problem that prevent city from improving
infrastructure to prevent flooding in many low-lying area
because they were privately own.
Still there were several worrisome question about the
city
administration’s ability to cope with damaging flooding
problems.The entire drainage system appears to be
insufficient to cope with an emergency situation like
a freak strom.
Although all the water pumps are in place and
functioning,
part of the city would still flooded because of heavy
parcipitation.
However some of
the water pumps have been sent for
Repairs and would not be in place until May.
Meanwhile at the second flood ,the Bangkok governor
was trying to convince people that he was doing his best
to cope with rainstorms and the subsequent floods.
He wrote on his Facebook fanpage “Sorry for the
Inconvenience We are doing our best to solve
this problem”
He also asking people to help clear dry leaves that may
clog gutters in front of their house or office in small street.
In
low-lying areas of the city,the problem was in common,
however the
problem was aggravated in some area by
garbage clogging gutters
and canals.
On Wednesday afternoon,billboard signs were knocked down
by the strom.One of Sukhumvit 101/1 road fell on a pick
up truck,
damaging the vehicle.Another billboard on Thong Lor Road
also
fell,blocking traffic on the road.No injuries were
reported.
In my viewpoint from the two even, serious flooding can happen
any time.The more
reliable and accurate weather forcasts and the early warning system is needed.
From the severe flood till now it is almost 4 years but
the
Efficiency to
prevent flooding is still low,some pumps
have been sent for repairs and the draining capacity is
still
low at 60ml/hour.
I feel like nothing is more progress in the drainage and
sewage
system.The canals and the river still have many garbage
and
water hyacinth.
The system drainage and sewage must be overhaul.
The law for billboard sign must be stick for if it knocked
down it can kill
people.
I saw the photos that the Bangkok governor post on his
Facebook : The
Bangkok Governors.I have two feeling,
one is he and his staff work hard to drain the flooding
water and to clean canals,another is that the problem
still remain because I can see the garbage and water
hyacinth still
can not eliminate.
I think everything should be prepare more efficiency
than these.Budget ,knowledge and human resource are
needed
to meet the unexpected rain and strom so that we may not
meet the painful situation again.
Hope for least flooding and traffic jam and security in
life
in Bangkok.
Best Wish
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