There are still about 8 billion cubic metres of floodwater to the north of Bangkok, but the city itself is safe from any fresh inundation, water management adviser to the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) Anond Snidvongs said on Wednesday. He would consult with the strategic committee on a national water resources management system on […]
There has been no discussion as yet about a cabinet reshuffle following the censure debate against Justice Minister Pol Gen Pracha Promnok, Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said Monday. Pracha, the director of Flood Relief Operations Center, survived the no confidence debate with 273 of the coalition voting in support of him and 188 from […]
The no-confidence debate against Thai Justice Minister Pracha Promnok in the House of Representatives began shortly before 10am. The debate is scheduled to end by midnight. Read more: Bangkok Post
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 […]
BANGKOK, Nov 14 – Disgruntled residents of Bangkok’s Don Mueang district finally agree to allow repairs to giant sandbag “Big Bag” barriers they dismantled earlier to release floodwater from the area, said Pol Gen Pracha Promnog, director of the Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) on Monday. Gen Pracha disclosed the agreement after some sections of […]
The Thai government has apologised to people affected by its slow response to the flooding crisis as water levels began to recede in some affected areas. Justice Minister Pracha Promnok, director of the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc), yesterday issued the apology in parliament. He also pledged to drain floodwaters as soon as possible. Read […]
BANGKOK, Nov 4 – The Thai capital began Friday morning with further encroachment of advancing floodwaters, moving slowly but steadily to cover larger areas. Ha Yak Lat Phrao intersection is flooded to a depth of 40cm, while water moving south from the drainage network to enter Central Plaza Lat Phrao, inching onward to the Flood […]
Lat Krabang Industrial Estate in the east of Bangkok will be swamped by floods if rapidly advancing runoff cannot be drained quickly enough. Somchet Thinaphong, chairman of the board of the Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, yesterday urged the Flood Relief Operations Command (Froc) to speed the drainage of runoff threatening the estate or […]
