Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra concedes it is impossible for City Hall to dredge all canals and waterways to improve the city's drainage capacity in time for the rainy season.
Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra concedes it is impossible for City Hall to dredge all canals and waterways to improve the city's drainage capacity in time for the rainy season.
He was commenting while presiding over city canal-dredging work which kicked off Wednesday as part of celebrations of both the 70th anniversary of His Majesty the King's accession to the throne and the 84th birthday of Her Majesty the Queen.
The governor described as "impossible" the task of dredging all canals and waterways in Bangkok to make them fully ready for drainage because many canals, even after dredging, clog up with rubbish and water hyacinth quickly after 10 days.
"I don't know how they attempted to deal with excess rainwater before this. But under my supervision, canal dredging is carried out by the Department of Drainage and Sewerage and district offices all year-long, not just in these past two months," he said.