Flood victims in Nonthaburi province plan to file a petition with the Administrative Court on Wednesday afternoon against the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA)relating to the conflict over the opening of canal sluice gates.
Tossiri Poonnuan, a leader of Nonthaburi residents who demand the BMA open wide the sluice gates in connecting areas between Bangkok and Nonthaburi, said she would file the petition with the Central Administration Court at 2pm Wednesday.
She said the petition seeks a court injunction denying the BMA the right to manage the sluice gates on canals between the two provinces without proper consultation and input from the people affected.
The BMA has refused to open sluice gates in Khlong Maha Sawat canal to one meter, as requested by flood-hit Nonthaburi residents, limiting the gap to only 75 centimeters.
In addition, Nonthaburi people seek a court order suspending the government operation to salvage Highway 340 and Kanchanaphisek Road until it has a clear measures in place to ensure that it will not worsen the hardship already faced by flooded local residents.
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