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As sluice gate is fixed, a canal levee is torn down

WATCHARAPHON MUANGMUN,

EKKAMPORN RUJIPUT,

SORASAK TAPTIMPRAI

THE NATION ON SUNDAY

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The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is using 1,200 gabions - soil-filled cylindrical objects that function somewhat like sandbags - to repair the breached Bang Chomsri sluice gate in Sing Buri, the department's Water Monitoring Analysis Centre said yesterday.

Meanwhile, flood-affected residents of Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district yesterday tore down an earthen levee near the sluice gate across Canal 10. A stand-off developed between authorities and locals, who want the sluice gate across Canal 9 to remain open and those in canals 8 and 10 to be re-opened, said provincial Deputy Governor Lerkiat Kaeosrichan.

RID brought machinery and workers to repair the gate in Sing Buri and expected work to be complete tomorrow. The department insisted that water flowing through the breached gate would not raise the level of flood water in Tha Wung district of Lop Buri, which has receded to around 80 centimetres.

Other breached parts of dykes along the east bank of the Chao Phraya River in flood-affected provinces have been repaired to reduce water flow into residential areas. Ten of 11 breaches have been completely fixed. RID expects to finish the restoration of all parts by November 15, and said the work has helped reduce flood water levels in areas of Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Sing Buri and Lop Buri.

In Lop Buri's Ban Mee district, the level of the Bang Kham River has receded by one metre. Villagers have been unable to return to their residences, however, as water levels there are still high.

Concerns remain high in Ban Mee over the breached Bang Chomsri sluice gate. Village heads in some tambon of the district held a meeting yesterday to discuss how to deal with the huge volume of water flowing through the gate in case RID's repair attempts failed.

The protest in Lam Luk Ka by flood-hit residents living near Pathum Thani's canals 8, 9 and 10 occurred after the closure of the sluice gates across canals 8 and 10 led to a rapid 10-cm increase in the level of the flood water there. Residents fear that if the Canal 9 sluice gate is closed, the level will be even higher, Lerkiat, the deputy governor, said.

Authorities were negotiating with local leaders and would inform the Flood Relief Operations Centre of developments, he said.

Nonthaburi police yesterday boarded a boat to inspect the Prapa (waterworks) canal in an attempt to prevent people destroying barriers along it.

Police officers have been deployed to guard the barriers, which have not been damaged so far.

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-- The Nation 2011-11-06

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I don't blame these people. I was in Lamlukka two days ago with a relief truck that they organized themselves. No help from anybody. Nothing from the government. No visits from the government. No advice or words from the government. Out of sight, out of mind. That's FROC policy, apparently. Just like my area in Thawi Wattana. Once it went under, nothing more from it.

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I don't blame these people. I was in Lamlukka two days ago with a relief truck that they organized themselves. No help from anybody. Nothing from the government. No visits from the government. No advice or words from the government. Out of sight, out of mind. That's FROC policy, apparently. Just like my area in Thawi Wattana. Once it went under, nothing more from it.

Some people we know who stayed behind in our area of Laksi say the same thing. There is an army truck goes down the road twice a day acting as a ferry, apart from that nothing at all.

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I don't blame these people. I was in Lamlukka two days ago with a relief truck that they organized themselves. No help from anybody. Nothing from the government. No visits from the government. No advice or words from the government. Out of sight, out of mind. That's FROC policy, apparently. Just like my area in Thawi Wattana. Once it went under, nothing more from it.

agree agree agree,

i am in the lam luk ka road khlong 4 , and there is nothing. people are with out help,

but i must remember one of the reasons i came to live in this country was i like the freedom of not having big brother watching over me,

but on the down side of this , is that we are on our own in this disaster.

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I don't blame these people. I was in Lamlukka two days ago with a relief truck that they organized themselves. No help from anybody. Nothing from the government. No visits from the government. No advice or words from the government. Out of sight, out of mind. That's FROC policy, apparently. Just like my area in Thawi Wattana. Once it went under, nothing more from it.

Some people we know who stayed behind in our area of Laksi say the same thing. There is an army truck goes down the road twice a day acting as a ferry, apart from that nothing at all.

Same as here, but the army is doing a great job. But what can you expect from the government. Here most help comes from private parties. My gf held donations among her friends and got food for the whole village for a day. The government is useless and I bet they will steal a lot from the compensation money (if it ever arrives).

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Planning on compensation is a bit like planning for the water to receed tomorrow.

I am not planning on it, im pretty sure it will never arrive. But its the government that talks about it. Right now the water has been receding here. Its been down from 20 cm inside the house to 7 in 4-5 days. So there is progress. After the house is dry there is still 50cm to go in the streets :P So it will be a while.

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<"Other breached parts of dykes along the east bank of the Chao Phraya River in flood-affected provinces have been repaired to reduce water flow into residential areas. Ten of 11 breaches have been completely fixed. RID expects to finish the restoration of all parts by November 15, and said the work has helped reduce flood water levels in areas of Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Sing Buri and Lop Buri.">

If you reduce or restrict the area that the water can flow to, downstream, then how can this help reduce the water level upstream. Do these guys understand the concept of how a dam_n works. No wonder there have been so many problems. :(

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Saw it with my own eyes yesterday at Phongphet, tractors and people in big wheeled jeeps, taking people back to their homes in Chinnakhet after they had been able to do some shopping, did not see one government official, just people helping each other.

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Do these guys understand the concept of how a dam_n works.

Well, they insist that water flowing through the breached gate would not raise the level in the area its flowing into, so it would appear they understand very little.

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Do these guys understand the concept of how a dam_n works.

Well, they insist that water flowing through the breached gate would not raise the level in the area its flowing into, so it would appear they understand very little.

Lets not forget a couple of tugboats speeding up the river by 20% :whistling:

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Splitting my time between Rangsit and Khlong 3, I have also noticed, as soon as the water got more than ankle deep, nothing from anyone, apart from some great Army lads who helped my wife and I leave our flooded apartment block. I guess as the water then went to bkk, I am guessing!, the major concern was not us. I am however so glad that some of the great city has remained dry whilst just north of the city is still under a lot of water!!!.

I don't blame these people. I was in Lamlukka two days ago with a relief truck that they organized themselves. No help from anybody. Nothing from the government. No visits from the government. No advice or words from the government. Out of sight, out of mind. That's FROC policy, apparently. Just like my area in Thawi Wattana. Once it went under, nothing more from it.

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I don't blame these people. I was in Lamlukka two days ago with a relief truck that they organized themselves. No help from anybody. Nothing from the government. No visits from the government. No advice or words from the government. Out of sight, out of mind. That's FROC policy, apparently. Just like my area in Thawi Wattana. Once it went under, nothing more from it.

Same here, no preparation or warning or pumps or sand bags.

When my place went down they just left us to be. Not even a shuttle by the army.

We had to help ourselves.

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