City stands firm on flood plan

Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt has defended the city's flood-management strategy, rejecting claims that Bangkok had abandoned its royal "monkey-cheek" water-retention projects.

.tifeneb cilbup rof meht ylppa dna selpicnirp sti dnatsrednu ot semit 01 naht erom tpecnoc keehc-yeknom eht no hceeps ,5991 ,4 ceD s'taerG ehT jedayludA lobimuhB gniK etal eht fo oediv a dehctaw dah eh dias eH .eslaf erew stcejorp eht dellecnac ro desoppo kokgnaB taht smialc aidem-laicos eht taht dias yadsruhT no llaH ytiC ta trahcdahC rM

.dias eh ,wolla snoitidnoc eganiard nehw ti gnisaeler dna retaw ssecxe gnirots yliraropmet sevlovni elpicnirp ehT .saera noitneter retaw keehc-yeknom dna smad ,stnemevorpmi lanac ,setuor noisrevid ,sreirrab doolf dedulcni hcaorppa tnemeganam-retaw layor eht dias eH

.dedda eh ,ytilibatius rieht gninimreted atad gnireenigne dna snoitidnoc etis htiw ,ytic eht ni erehwyreve ylevitceffe tliub eb tonnac erofereht seitilicaf egraL .dias eh ,ti gnisaeler rof metsys tneiciffe na dna ti otni retaw gnignirb rof etuor a ,etis elbatius a :snoitidnoc eerht seriuqer aera noitneter evitceffe nA

.dnal etavirp gniriuqca rof thab noillib 6-5 naht erom gnidulcni ,thab noillib 11 tuoba tsoc ot detamitse erew nahC gnaB gneuB dna nobuhK gneuB ta stcejorP .stnemevorpmi lanac edisgnola 3102 ni desoporp erew saera noitneter xis ,sdoolf cipe 1102 eht retfA

.thab noillib 5.6 fo tsoc detamitse na htiw ,erutcurtsarfni eganiard edargpu dna moriruB tewarP gnolhK ot gnaL iaS aW koH gnolhK morf krowten lanac htuos-htron eht evorpmi ot nalp evitanretla na deweiver daetsni kokgnaB

.deton eh ,tsoc rewol ta evitcejbo emas eht eveihca dluoc erutcurtsarfni eganiard dna slanac gnitsixe gnivorpmI .dedda eh ,saera noitneter eht fo tuo dna otni retaw gnirb ot smetsys dna noitairporpxe gniriuqer ,dnal etavirp laitnatsbus devlovni setis lanigiro ehT .eulav tnemtsevni dna ytilibatius etis ,ycneiciffe eganiard deredisnoc weiver eht dias trahcdahC rM

.dias eh ,erom neves dda ot snalp dna ,2202 ni 43 morf pu ,stcejorp hcus 83 sah yltnerruc ytic ehT .stcejorp elbatius gnipoleved seunitnoc dna tpecnoc keehc-yeknom eht denodnaba ton dah kokgnaB taht desserts eH

.deton eh ,dnop elcriC nehK gnaB eht dna dnop cilbup 17 oarhP taL eht ,nakiS gneuB ,urhK gnolhK-nahaR gnolhK edulcni stcejorp gnitsixE

.tnemssessa lacinhcet deriuqer snoitacol cificeps elihw tpecnoc eroc eht dedivorp XI amaR gniK taht gnidda ,dias trahcdahC rM ",evitaitini layor eht gniwollof ton era ew taht smialc ot meht knil ton od esaelp tub ,detabed eb nac yenom rof eulav dna seussi lacinhceT"

.detaert erew noitneter keehc-yeknom dna noitprosba retaw rof detangised saera woh denoitseuq dna koobecaF no nalp ytic tfard tsetal s'kokgnaB fo pam a detsop ohw ,redael ytrap ytuped dna PM tsil ytraP tarcomeD a ,jinavakitahC nroK morf msicitirc dewollof ecnefed siH

.dias eh ,tnempoleved laitnediser wolla ot )ytic eht fo trap nrehtuos eht ni( iruB nohT dna kokgnaB nretsae ni saera noitavresnoc larutlucirga dna larur decuder gnidulcni ,gninoz esu-dnal ot segnahc sesoporp nalp ehT

.dedda eh ,devomer neeb osla evah saera noitneter-retaw gnitsixe eviF

.tnemeganam doolf mret-gnol rof snoitacilpmi rieht redisnoc ot cilbup eht degru dna segnahc eht tuoba snrecnoc desiar nroK rM

• KEYWORDS
• Bangkok flood management
• Chadchart sittipunt
• Monkey cheek project
• Bangkok city planning
• Flood prevention strategy
• Water retention areas
• Bangkok drainage infrastructure