By The Sunday Nation
KHON KAEN
Published on October 5, 2008
The homes of about 500 residents of Noen Phanchat village in Khon Kaen's Ban Haed sub-district are still under flood water after the Chi River burst its banks and submerged 110 properties two weeks ago.
Village headman Boonhom Sinthorn said the flood water had risen continuously to the current level of 1.5 metres. With just two flat-bottomed boats given by the local authority as means of transportation, the 496 residents are now suffering shortages of food, drinking water and medicine, as well as grass for their cows, he said.
Villager Noo Buramwe, 64, said the flood water had part-submerged all buildings, making them resemble islands.
She lamented that she could not earn anything since the floods had damaged her rice field, forcing her to borrow money. She also has to take a 4-kilometre boat ride every day to get grass for her six cows.
The pressure from the rising Chi River has also caused cracks in the flood barrier in Kalasin's Kamalasai district, sending flood water into riverside homes and farmland. Tambon Chao residents have hurried to harvest their paddy rice before the crop is totally destroyed.
Kalasin agriculture official Weerawat Kulsing said six of the province's districts had been hit by flooding, with 6,200 farming families affected and more than 54,000 rai of rice fields damaged.
Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district chief Surapol Maiyawong said yesterday that heavy rains in Bangkok and surrounding areas in the past two days had led to rising worries over flooding, especially as residents are already concerned about run-off from the North.
Using His Majesty the King's 'monkey cheek' concept, the authorities will avoid releasing flood water directly towards Bangkok and instead direct it to waterways to the side, he said.
The flood water will go to the sea via the Bang Pakong River and Chaiyanuchit Canal on the east side, and via the Koi River and Suphan Buri-Tha Chin River on the west.
Pathum Thani's lower Klong Hokwa station has also installed 12 water pumps at a cost of Bt213 million to cope with flood water from the upper eastern area, thus reducing the risk of flooding in Bangkok.
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KHON KAEN
Published on October 5, 2008
The homes of about 500 residents of Noen Phanchat village in Khon Kaen's Ban Haed sub-district are still under flood water after the Chi River burst its banks and submerged 110 properties two weeks ago.
Village headman Boonhom Sinthorn said the flood water had risen continuously to the current level of 1.5 metres. With just two flat-bottomed boats given by the local authority as means of transportation, the 496 residents are now suffering shortages of food, drinking water and medicine, as well as grass for their cows, he said.
Villager Noo Buramwe, 64, said the flood water had part-submerged all buildings, making them resemble islands.
She lamented that she could not earn anything since the floods had damaged her rice field, forcing her to borrow money. She also has to take a 4-kilometre boat ride every day to get grass for her six cows.
The pressure from the rising Chi River has also caused cracks in the flood barrier in Kalasin's Kamalasai district, sending flood water into riverside homes and farmland. Tambon Chao residents have hurried to harvest their paddy rice before the crop is totally destroyed.
Kalasin agriculture official Weerawat Kulsing said six of the province's districts had been hit by flooding, with 6,200 farming families affected and more than 54,000 rai of rice fields damaged.
Pathum Thani's Lam Luk Ka district chief Surapol Maiyawong said yesterday that heavy rains in Bangkok and surrounding areas in the past two days had led to rising worries over flooding, especially as residents are already concerned about run-off from the North.
Using His Majesty the King's 'monkey cheek' concept, the authorities will avoid releasing flood water directly towards Bangkok and instead direct it to waterways to the side, he said.
The flood water will go to the sea via the Bang Pakong River and Chaiyanuchit Canal on the east side, and via the Koi River and Suphan Buri-Tha Chin River on the west.
Pathum Thani's lower Klong Hokwa station has also installed 12 water pumps at a cost of Bt213 million to cope with flood water from the upper eastern area, thus reducing the risk of flooding in Bangkok.
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