BANGKOK, 6 October 2013 – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has expressed confidence that the coming high tide events in the capital will be under control after it built flood barriers as high as 3-3.50 meters.
Director of the Department of Drainage and Sewerage under the BMA Adisak Khanti said the water situation in Bangkok was not critical as the level of the Chao Phraya River at present was still considered normal. The department however kept monitoring the situation after the Pasak Chonlasit dam urgently discharged water and rains continued to fall in the central region.
The BMA constructed high flood dykes along the Chao Phraya and prepared sand bags in preparations for high tides from 15-17 October. If the high tides cause the river level to exceed two meters, 25 riverside communities outside the flood barriers might be affected.
The BMA also kept a close watch on water and flash floods from northern areas, Mr Adisak said.
