Downtown Pattani is flooded on Monday. ABDULLAH BENJAKAT
A government committee on Thursday approved four flood prevention projects in Bangkok and a water supply project in Pattani.
The projects were approved at a meeting chaired by Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwon, said Office of National Water Resources (ONWR) secretary-general Somkiat Prajamwong.
The first project will see a reinforced concrete dam built on Klong Bang Phai and Klong Phraya Ratchamontri in Nonthaburi, which is designed to retain 183,600 cubic metres of water and help drain excess water from the area.
The project, which will take four years to complete, will help prevent flood across a 14-square kilometre area, covering Phasi Charoen, Bang Khae, Nong Khaem and Thawi Watthana districts.
Two more cases in Bangkok, both linked to Samut Sakhon
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54 Myanmar migrants children ride in the sidecar of a motorcycle in the area under lockdown in Muang district of Samut Sakhon on Sunday. (Photo: Arnun Chonmahatrakool)
Two more coronavirus infections have been reported in Bangkok, and both had recently visited the Central Shrimp Market in Samut Sakhon.
The market in tambon Mahachai of Samut Sakhon s Muang district is the source of a Covid-19 outbreak which has spread to several other provinces, including neighbouring Bangkok.
Pongsakorn Kwanmuang, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration spokesman, announced the two new cases on Monday, confirming that both were linked to the market but offering scant other details.