A water expert has called
on the government to build another major flood-diversion channel as quickly as
possible in order to drain a large amount of water from the Chao Phraya River
into the sea.
The government should
spend about Bt200 billion to build a 258-kilometre-long, 160-metre-wide channel
that would pass through Chai Nat, Lop Buri, Saraburi, Nakhon Nayok and Samut
Prakan provinces, Thailand Water Resources Association (TWRA) president Apichart
Anukulamphai said yesterday.
The project is aimed at
lowering the amount of run-off from the Chao Phraya itself and reducing the
impact of flooding in the lower Chao Phraya region.