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RID speeds up floodwater drainage efforts
News, Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 28/10/2022
» The Royal Irrigation Department (RID) is speeding up efforts to drain floodwater to low-lying areas as the situation is gradually improving.
83 ancient sites in Ayutthaya inundated, all outside 'Koh Muang'
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 15/10/2022
» Eighty-three historical sites, including temples, in Ayutthaya have been inundated this year, all are located outside the city's ancient walls, according to the Fine Arts Department.
Level 2 warning in Ayutthaya
News, Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 07/10/2022
» The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) has raised the flood warning a notch to level 2 and put three industrial estates in Ayutthaya on high alert after more discharge from the Chao Phraya and Rama VI dams.
Tugboat sinks in Pa Sak river
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 11/09/2022
» AYUTTHAYA: A steel tugboat sank in the Pa Sak River in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district on Sunday. Nobody was hurt in the incident, an official said.
River floodwall built up at old temple
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 05/10/2021
» AYUTTHAYA: The flood embankment at 391-year-old Wat Chaiwatthanaram has been raised as the level of the adjacent Chao Phraya River also keeps rising.
Downstream warning: Chao Phraya Dam to discharge water
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 14/09/2021
» AYUTTHAYA: Provinces in the Chao Phraya river basin have been warned of possible flooding as the Chao Phraya Dam begins discharging excess water downstream.
Ayutthaya hospital employees infected, remains open
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 14/06/2021
» AYUTTHAYA: Eighteen employees of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Hospital were found to be infected with Covid-19 but the situation was under control and it remains open, hospital director Chokchai Leetho-chawalit said.
Damage to historic site draws online ire
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 20/08/2019
» The Fine Arts Department (FAD) came under fire for allegedly allowing a contractor to damage a section of Ayutthaya's historic Wat Chaiwatthanaram for a lighting and underground wiring project.
Superstition helps protect heritage, says park director
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 26/04/2018
» AYUTTHAYA: The return of an ancient brick souvenired from the famous Wat Chaiwatthanaram in Ayutthaya Historical Park is proof that superstitious belief helps protect the old temple, according to park director Sukanya Baonerd.
Students injured when tour bus runs off road
Sunthorn Pongpao, Published on 22/03/2018
» AYUTTHAYA: A double-decker bus carrying 38 teachers and students on a field trip to Chon Buri province plunged off the rain-soaked highway in Nakhon Luang district overnight, injuring all people on board.