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Thailand: Giant drains ‘will not prevent floods’
By Chularat Saengpassa
Even with 20 giant drainage tunnels, Bangkok will never be safe from floods, predicts a respected university lecturer.
Thanawat Jarupongsakul, who teaches at Chulalongkorn University’s Department of Geology, made this prediction when the city administration began touting these structures as a way to improve the capital’s flood problems.
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He pointed out that Bangkok was sinking, which means the level of the Chao Phraya is rising higher than the city’s canals and its drainage system.
“This means you have to use pumps to push the water into the river, but when these devices break down, Bangkok can get easily submerged,” he said.
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