Bureau of Drainage clarified ‘progress’ stripping Bangkok canals this year, received 42 budget lines, currently looking for ‘contractors’, expected to be completed in 90 days.
on June 4 Mr. Somsak Meeudomsak Director of the Bureau of Drainage Bangkok Revealed the progress in digging a canal in the Bangkok area that Bangkok has a canal, Lam Rang, Lam Kradong as drainage channels. A total of 1,980 canals, approximately 2,745 kilometers in length.
The Bureau of Drainage and District Office has plans to continuously dredging canals to open up waterways. Collect weeds, water hyacinths, and increase the efficiency of support and drainage in the canal when it rains.
Since 2020, the budget has been received for 138 canals with a total length of 282,355 meters. Later in 2021, the budget has been received for dredging 42 canals with a total distance of 88,977 meters.
In this year 2022, the budget for dredging 42 canals, a total distance of 60,134 meters, is divided into the annual budget of 32 canals, which will be completed by June 2022, and the Bangkok Council has agreed to allocate an additional budget of 10 canals.
We are currently looking for a contractor. It is expected that the contractor will be obtained by this June. And will be completed within 90 days. If the canal dredging is completed, it will increase the efficiency of support and drainage in the canal when it rains.
however in an urgent periodIn this regard, the Bureau of Drainage has used human labor, equipment and machinery to dig 35 canals by themselves (Oct. 63-May 65), focusing on dredging canals that are very shallow. and in the area near the flood risk point
In addition, in 2023 Drainage Bureau There is a plan to dredging the canals to connect the 9 main canals with the other 65 canals to help accelerate the drainage of water into the tunnels. and pumping station Then drain water into the Chao Phraya River, totaling 393,174 meters in length, covering all 50 districts.
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