The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration called a meeting yesterday to discuss flood prevention preparations for the upcoming rainy season, with major downpours expected from May to July.
Bangkok Deputy Governor Amorn Kijchawengkul said that drain pipe dredging in the Thai capital was exactly 37.78 percent complete (really?), while the Corrections Department’s drain pipe dredging was 29.55 percent complete.
Amorn said that water pump installation in flood-prone areas was totally complete, canal dredging was 57.27 percent complete, and water-hyacinth clearing from canals was 58.95 percent complete, the Nation reported.
The Thai Meteorological Department has forecast a slightly higher level of rainfall than usual from May to July, he added, and Bangkok might be affected by a low-pressure area and a cyclone.
Amorn expressed confidence, though, that there would be no repeat of the massive floods of 2011.
