As floods recede in Bangkok and neighbouring areas, the government is focusing on repairing roads and pumping water out of communities, the Flood Relief Operation Command says.
Froc spokesman Gen Palangkun Klaharn said yesterday staff would speed up road repairs and restoration to allow flood evacuees to return to their properties and enable the delivery of aid.
Capt Somsak Khaosuwan, director of the National Disaster Warning Centre, said repairs to the Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok road would be completed in three days. Staff were using pumps to drain floodwater from the road.
Capt Somsak said sandbag dykes had to remain at their locations to direct floodwater to pump stations and canals.
He asked people in flooded areas above sandbag dykes not to destroy the floodwalls.
The government would take good care of them.
The government has opened kitchens to cater for people in flooded communities. It is also building elevated walkways to serve commuters in flooded areas and is providing housing estates with pumps to speed up drainage.
The Froc is also telling flood victims about their rights to compensation and how to clean their houses.
Pol Gen Pongsapat Pongcharoen, deputy police chief and another Froc spokesman, said the government was offering compensation to people in flooded areas north of sandbag lines.
He thanked the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration for opening some sluice gates to relieve flooding in Pathum Thani province.
More pumps would be installed to speed up drainage.
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