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Thai Rath Edition
3 Aug. 2022 5:39 a.m.
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It is normal for the natural seasons. When the rainy season enters the monsoon season every year In addition to Thailand has to face the problem of forest water. Flowing water has flooded areas in many provinces of every region across the country. even the capital area Bangkok when the monsoon season With heavy rains, they have to face the flooding crisis. The water waits to be drained every year.
Importantly, when there is a problem of rain, flooding along the roads
The more traffic congestion is normal every day already.
More and more jammed into the crisis of annihilation
These problems are the troubles that have been with the urban society for a long time.
Over the past several decades
Regardless of the government of any era, any Bangkok governor, still can't fix it completely.
Most recently, when Chatchart Sitthiphun became the governor of Bangkok with a degree in Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, a Master's Degree in Structural Engineering
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Ph.D.
Structural engineering from the University of Illinois, United States of America is the hope of the people.
Bangkok to solve the problem of rain, flooding and traffic problems to see results.
The day before, Governor Chatchat
Go to the area to check the readiness of the Bang Sue Pumping Station
It states that there are two main parts of drainage in Bangkok, which are canals and drainage tunnels, but the heart of Bangkok on both the east and west sides is canals. The tunnels have been made in 4 projects of 20 km and can receive 200 million baht of water. meters per second, but Bangkok has to drain almost 2,000 cubic meters of water on both sides.
As for the drainage system in Bang Sue, there are 17 water pumps, most importantly, 17 pumps have been replaced, 5 are new, and 12 are 15 years old, with reduced efficiency.
One pump that has been changed, priced at 4 million baht per unit, including installation.
By one tunnel at Nong Bon Bueng is 5 billion baht.
The main heart now has to chase every point that the pump must work well. About the electricity system, 190 stations have to chase every point.
It's done now.
Pump performance must be fully up to date.
as designed
canal efficiency
The canal must be peeled to allow it to drink deeper.
By making dams and dredging canals must go hand in hand.
to make pumping easier
Importantly, Governor Chatchat emphasized that The improvement of the canal efficiency will be in the fiscal year 66 plan. In year 65, if there is money left, it will accelerate the drainage system to be better. A drainage tunnel is a long-term plan that cannot be done quickly. It will make the most of the money, spend less money but get the most benefit. In this work, besides the determination and intention, the use of the budget must be transparent as well.
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