Thai Irrigation Department orders pump stations to protect Bangkok

PATHUM THANI, Aug 10, TNA The director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department has ordered subordinates to collaborate on their pump stations connected to the drainage system of Bangkok to protect the capital from flooding as water from the North and high tides will converge on Aug 10 - 16.

The director-general, Praphit Chanma, issued the order as he was inspecting water in the Rangsit Prayoonsak Canal in Pathum Thani province. It is a key canal that the department uses to receive water from the North before it flows through the Chao Phraya River to Bangkok.