Some of the backhoes at work above the dam. CHUDET SIHAWONG
Provincial governor Kanit Iamrahong reports they now have 11 backhoes to collect the plants, up from three the day before. Five are working on floating pontoons. Thetarget to complete the job has been reduced from one month to three weeks.PM orders clearing of water hyacinths
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Officials have been told to clear water hyacinths clogging rivers and waterways from the central plains to Bangkok to improve flows and prevent floods.
Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said the number of water hyacinthsclogging the Chao Phraya River and its branching waterways had sharply increased, especially in Suphan Buri and Ayutthaya upstream of Bangkok.