webfact Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Bangkok governor warns of flood threat from mounting garbage in canals By The Nation The amount of garbage in Bangkok’s canals is increasing and is starting to block the sewer system causing floods in many areas, the city chief said. Bangkok Governor Pol Gen Asawin Kwanmuang said just the removal of garbage from canals in Lat Phrao district and under Pradit Manutham Road required five trucks. The area is one kilometre away from a Rama 9 pumping station which drains water from Lat Phrao Canal and Saen Saeb Canal to Chao Phraya River. If the garbage blocks the pipes and the tunnels, Bangkok will not be able to drain water during floods in the rainy season, he said. The same problem is found in other districts, such as Chatuchak. The governor has asked Bangkok residents to take this issue seriously. Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30388826 -- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2020-06-01 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr mr Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 turn it into a tourist attraction. after travel restrictions are lifted you can work off your quarantine costs ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
impulse Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 39 minutes ago, webfact said: Bangkok Governor Pol Gen Asawin Kwanmuang said just the removal of garbage from canals in Lat Phrao district and under Pradit Manutham Road required five trucks. Those must have been BIG trucks if it only took 5. Or maybe that's 5 trucks working full time for weeks on end. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ezzra Posted May 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) Well Mr. Governor, why did it become to be that bad? could it be that your sanitary and garbage collection department are not doing their jobs properly sir? blaming others is easy, put some of those prisoners that we see often cleaning the sewerage system to clean those canals as well... Edited May 31, 2020 by ezzra 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thailand Posted May 31, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted May 31, 2020 Get more trucks and people and remove it. See,easy to be a governor. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneeyedJohn Posted May 31, 2020 Share Posted May 31, 2020 How does it get there, surely people don't just throw their rubbish in the canal. There again if you saw the astonishing build up of rubbish around the multiple blue bins in our village, I shouldn't be surprised at anything. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zyphodb Posted June 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2020 More money spent on things like clearing the rubbish equals less money in the pocket, that'll be why he's complaining... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scorecard Posted June 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 hours ago, ezzra said: Well Mr. Governor, why did it become to be that bad? could it be that your sanitary and garbage collection department are not doing their jobs properly sir? blaming others is easy, put some of those prisoners that we see often cleaning the sewerage system to clean those canals as well... But but they had to do their overseas study tour before their tenure expired, and because of the COVID 19 requirements they needed to take their wives, husbands, children, grandparents and aunts/uncles and their families plus 4 additional doctors/nurses to measure temperatures every day etc. And because their enterage was so big the tour had to be expanded an additional 5 days to allow for shopping in 3 cities plus 3 more tour organizers plus 10 more staff to carry the beautiful packages and shopping bags. And when they got back they had to quarantine for 14 days so no work. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bender Rodriguez Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 the disease & rats from all this trash will be much worse than covid, a new garbage lockdown ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Lots of unemployed, get them working on the canals, klongs, waterways, ditches whatever... no excuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 2 hours ago, OneeyedJohn said: surely people don't just throw their rubbish in the canal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nervona81732 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 This is what Thai's are taught at birth. Open , unwrap and toss, then eat item. Absolutely 0 foresight. No garbage on my property, taught the folks and children garbage belongs in the trash can. Our place is spic and span and everyone enjoys a clean environment and visitors are overwhelmed with the cleanliness also. People can learn if taught. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 4 minutes ago, nervona81732 said: This is what Thai's are taught at birth. Open , unwrap and toss, then eat item. Absolutely 0 foresight. No garbage on my property, taught the folks and children garbage belongs in the trash can. Our place is spic and span and everyone enjoys a clean environment and visitors are overwhelmed with the cleanliness also. People can learn if taught. Yay you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robertson468 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Hello Mr Governor, the buck stops with you Dude! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 7 hours ago, webfact said: Bangkok governor warns of flood threat from mounting garbage in canals It's not getting better by warning Anyone. They can fix it Easy Get a Squad together an Police the canals, Fine /lockup the offenders that trow rubbish in the canals . They also must clean the canals often not just ones a yr. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Still an abundance of plastic bags and foam boxes by the look of it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unblocktheplanet Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 PLEASE, clean out the floodgates in Bangna, draining into the Chao Phraya. I don't want to be bailing all night again because YOU didn't open them until Central Bangna complained! Then PDQ (of course)! 5T of refuse collected from this single floodgate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNXexpat Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I guess the people they complain most about a flooding of their houses are the same they throw their garbage in the nature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedoc Posted June 1, 2020 Share Posted June 1, 2020 I saw picture and story on thaivisa a week os so ago as to all canals in Bangkok were being cleaned up. Just shows you what a load of bullsh*t papers write. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redline Posted June 2, 2020 Share Posted June 2, 2020 Trash is everywhere-do something about it. Thai people trash and burn the whole country 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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