Thai Air Force will use 14 water pumps to drain floodwater from Bangkok Don Mueang Airport and complete the task in two weeks, Defense Minister Spokesman Col Thanatip Sawangsaeng said Friday. The water would be drained into Prem Prachakorn Canal and to the road. Read more: The Nation
BANGKOK, Nov 24 — The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is on high alert keeping watch on the flood status in inner Bangkok fearing that the dismantling of the giant sandbag ‘big bag’ barrier at Don Mueang’s Directorate of Air Operations Control intersection on Phahonyothin Road could increase the water level at Kaset intersection and Lat […]
BANGKOK, Nov 23 — Dismantling the giant sandbag ‘big bag’ barrier at Don Mueang’s Directorate of Air Operations Control intersection on Phahonyothin Road has not yet impacted inner Bangkok, according to Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) Director Pracha Promnog. Meanwhile, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) will open three sluice gates at Khlong Mahasawat to one […]
Frustrated by the month-long inundation of their homes in Pathum Thani, about 100 residents yesterday blocked an inbound tollway section near Zeer Mall, causing heavy traffic congestion and later leading to confrontation with angry motorists which resulted in one person getting injured. The protesters, mostly those living along Khu Khot-Lam Luk Ka Canal, who began […]
Motorists who needed to use the Din Daeng-Don Muang tollway to enter Bangkok brawled with protesters from Pathum Thani province who blocked the tollway ramp in support of demands for immediate drainage of floodwater from their communities on Wednesday. Frustrated motorists approached the protesters who were blocking the entrance to the elevated road in front […]
BANGKOK, Nov 22 – A plan to restore Don Mueang Airport, mainly used for domestic flights, will start at the eastern runway where floodwaters are receding and is expected to be functional again within one or two months, according to Somchai Sawasdeepon, senior executive vice president of Airports of Thailand (AoT). The Don Mueang recovery […]
Bangkok city bus authority has canceled special free bus services on two routes. The normal services on seven previous routes made inaccessible by floods have resumed. Meanwhile, the Chao Phraya express boat service between Nonthaburi and Wat Rajsingkorn also resumes operation today. The Bangkok Mass Transit Authority or BMTA has canceled the special free bus […]
BANGKOK, Nov 20 – It will take about 2-3 months after flood recedes to restore Don Mueang Airport, mainly used for domestic flights, with an estimated cost of about one billion baht, said Somchai Sawasdeepon, Senior Executive Vice President of Airports of Thailand Public Company Limited (AOT). The work to restore the airport can start […]
