Local residents on Chaeng Watthana Road in Bangkok have given government officials an ultimatum: drain water from our homes in three days or face “swift protest measures.”
The neighborhood has been flooded for a month and waters remain around two meters high.
Somdech Jaengprasit, who is representing seven housing estates on Chaeng Watthana Soi 14, said the dirty water was breeding mosquitos and making it difficult to move.
“We’ve suffered in silence for long enough. We can’t bear it any more,” Somdech told the Bangkok Post. The residents have reportedly planned to rally today Nov. 28 to demand that Flood Relief Operation Center (FROC) chief Pracha Promnok or one his his deputies meet them in person.
The Chaeng Watthana Road area is located south of the heavily flooded Rangsit and Don Mueang areas, where are siphoning off water.
Residents from several areas around Bangkok have protested over flooding recently. On Nov 25, peopleblocked Ram Intra 5 demanding drainage of floodwaters from their area. A crowd of Pathum Thani residentsblocked the Don Mueang Tollway on Nov. 23 also calling for quicker drainage. Nonthaburi residents blocked a road in front of the provincial hall to demand the opening of sluice gates on Nov. 20
