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No pumps to relief floods, PAP got money no brains, Thais no money but plenty brains!
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/257366/tugboats-harnessed-to-tackle-raging-floodwaters
Tugboats harnessed to tackle raging floodwaters
Published: 20/09/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
Powerful boats from the navy and other state authorities have been brought into the fight to expel damaging floodwater into the ocean, a Pheu Thai MP says.
Eight 400-horsepower tugboats tied to the pillars of Seekul Bridge across the Noi River in Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya accelerate to speed up the flow of the river as part of an effort to relieve flooding. The boat operation is scheduled from 8am to midnight and has been found to speed up flows in the river by 20%, but it costs 1,000 baht per boat per hour for fuel. SUNTHORN PONGPAO
Ayutthaya MP Ong-at Wachiraphong said an experiment in his province found the boats could raise the flow rate of large amounts of water and increase the discharge into the ocean.
Mr Ong-at raised the proposal yesterday after a test in the Noi River, a subsidiary of the Chao Phraya, found its flow rate increased by 20%, or 57 cubic metres a second, with the help of boat engines.
The propellers of eight powerboats anchored by ropes to bridge posts had helped push out the water in a one-day test, he said.
"It's a good result," Mr Ong-at said, attributing the success to joint efforts among hydrographical experts of various agencies to find ways to cope with water run-off from the north.
"We need to push water out into the sea [the Gulf of Thailand] as fast as possible while the tide is still not high."
A massive amount of run-off is flowing downstream along the Chao Phraya River to Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok and the Gulf.
The situation in Bangkok was normal yesterday with no overflow from the Chao Phraya to flood riverside communities, said Department of Drainage and Sewerage director Sanya Chenimit.
Though the river flow in Nakhon Sawan yesterday hit an alarming rate of 3,935 cubic metres a second, it decreased after the water passed the Chao Phraya Barrage in Chai Nat and Ayutthaya. In Bang Sai district, the flow rate was measured at 2,946 cu m a second.
Royal Irrigation Department spokesman Vira Vongsangnak said this instilled confidence that Bangkok would be saved.
However, officials at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration were not so relaxed. They met yesterday to discuss plans to prevent flooding in the capital.
Deputy Bangkok governor Pornthep Techapaiboon said the city will allocate a budget of one-billion baht for flood solutions.
Villagers and farmers in other provinces are still fighting against flooding brought about by heavy rainfall and overflow from major rivers.
In Chaiyaphum, people in high-risk areas in 10 districts have been told to evacuate after an overflow from the Chi River kept increasing, flooding many areas, while in Phetchabun, the overflow from the Pasak River has flooded parts of Nong Phai and Si Thep districts.
No pumps to relief floods, PAP got money no brains, Thais no money but plenty brains!
http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/257366/tugboats-harnessed-to-tackle-raging-floodwaters
Tugboats harnessed to tackle raging floodwaters
Published: 20/09/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News
Powerful boats from the navy and other state authorities have been brought into the fight to expel damaging floodwater into the ocean, a Pheu Thai MP says.
Eight 400-horsepower tugboats tied to the pillars of Seekul Bridge across the Noi River in Bang Ban district of Ayutthaya accelerate to speed up the flow of the river as part of an effort to relieve flooding. The boat operation is scheduled from 8am to midnight and has been found to speed up flows in the river by 20%, but it costs 1,000 baht per boat per hour for fuel. SUNTHORN PONGPAO
Ayutthaya MP Ong-at Wachiraphong said an experiment in his province found the boats could raise the flow rate of large amounts of water and increase the discharge into the ocean.
Mr Ong-at raised the proposal yesterday after a test in the Noi River, a subsidiary of the Chao Phraya, found its flow rate increased by 20%, or 57 cubic metres a second, with the help of boat engines.
The propellers of eight powerboats anchored by ropes to bridge posts had helped push out the water in a one-day test, he said.
"It's a good result," Mr Ong-at said, attributing the success to joint efforts among hydrographical experts of various agencies to find ways to cope with water run-off from the north.
"We need to push water out into the sea [the Gulf of Thailand] as fast as possible while the tide is still not high."
A massive amount of run-off is flowing downstream along the Chao Phraya River to Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Bangkok and the Gulf.
The situation in Bangkok was normal yesterday with no overflow from the Chao Phraya to flood riverside communities, said Department of Drainage and Sewerage director Sanya Chenimit.
Though the river flow in Nakhon Sawan yesterday hit an alarming rate of 3,935 cubic metres a second, it decreased after the water passed the Chao Phraya Barrage in Chai Nat and Ayutthaya. In Bang Sai district, the flow rate was measured at 2,946 cu m a second.
Royal Irrigation Department spokesman Vira Vongsangnak said this instilled confidence that Bangkok would be saved.
However, officials at the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration were not so relaxed. They met yesterday to discuss plans to prevent flooding in the capital.
Deputy Bangkok governor Pornthep Techapaiboon said the city will allocate a budget of one-billion baht for flood solutions.
Villagers and farmers in other provinces are still fighting against flooding brought about by heavy rainfall and overflow from major rivers.
In Chaiyaphum, people in high-risk areas in 10 districts have been told to evacuate after an overflow from the Chi River kept increasing, flooding many areas, while in Phetchabun, the overflow from the Pasak River has flooded parts of Nong Phai and Si Thep districts.
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