BANGKOK, Nov 24 – The whole series of so-called big bag barriers, makeshift embankments installed to slow the flow of northern runoff into Bangkok, may be dismantled, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Thursday following continuing disputes on the big bag barriers which have erupted in many areas.

The temporary barriers have become the focus of disputes between flood-hit residents and the authorities as the residents demand elimination of the barriers to drain floodwater from their neighbourhoods.

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