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Flood ritual dies hard
Oped, Editorial, Published on 02/08/2022
» Fears of flooding have returned again with news the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) will discharge more water from the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to accommodate run-off from the North.
Illegal migrants caught after car crash
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 06/06/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Police arrested a total of 66 illegal job seekers from Myanmar in Thong Pha Phum district early Monday morning, eight of them after the car they were in crashed during a police chase.
Two men shot dead, TAO chairman wounded
Online Reporters, Published on 15/02/2022
» The deputy chairman of a local administrative body and a driver were shot dead and the chairman seriously wounded when their vehicle was attacked in Muang district of Nakhon Nayok on Monday night.
25 houses fall into canal
Gary Boyle, Published on 21/01/2022
» Families fled their homes as 25 houses collapsed into a canal as the bank crumbled away in Samut Prakan on Thursday night.
Families flee as 25 houses tumble into canal
Sutthiwit Chayutworakan, Published on 21/01/2022
» SAMUT PRAKAN: Families fled their homes as 25 houses collapsed into a canal as the bank crumbled away in Bang Phli district on Thursday night. No casualties were reported.
It's enough to give anyone grey hairs
News, Roger Crutchley, Published on 28/11/2021
» A recent letter to the Bangkok Post from the ever observant Ye Olde Pedant suggested that Bangkok's BTS and MRT executives should display more imagination in the naming of new rail lines and avoid colour coding. He cited the proposed Grey Line which for him immediately conjured up images of passengers with silvery hair, otherwise known as "the elderly".
Ubolratana Dam discharges stepped up
Chakrapan Natanri, Published on 23/10/2021
» KHON KAEN: Authorities on Saturday began increasing the discharge rate from the Ubolratana Dam, where water volume has exceeded the reservoir's capacity.
MEA mobilises its staff to ensure electricity safety and provide flood relief
Published on 22/10/2021
» The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) has continuously mobilised staff to check electrical equipment and power distribution systems as well as delivering survival bags to communities affected by floods. The MEA has also monitored water levels to ensure that meters installed on electricity poles are safe. MEA urges the public to inspect home electrical equipment such as power cables, power outlets, and light switches to prevent danger of electric leakage, and get help as needed from MEA maintenance personnel available 24 hours a day.
Flooded hospital has plan for patients
News, Prasit Tangprasert, Published on 21/10/2021
» NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Flood-stricken Maharat Nakhon Ratchasima, the largest hospital in this northeastern province, plans to transfer its patients to other facilities nearby if its main operations become unworkable.
MEA inspects Nong Chok Water Pumping Station
Published on 08/10/2021
» The Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) Min Buri Branch, led by Thieng Singhanuwattana, Director, along with the Metropolitan Electricity Authority Workers Union (MEAWU), led by President Sanit Saiprasert, and the Royal Irrigation Department (RID), on October 5, 2021 inspected electrical systems at Nong Chok Water Pumping Station, Khlong Sam Wa, 3rd Operation and Maintenance Project, Southern Rangsit Operation and Maintenance Project, Regional Irrigation Office 11, Plai Khlong 13 (Lower) Floodgate, and Bueng Farang Floodgate, Lieb Khlong 13 Road. MEA disclosed its 24-hour maintenance plan to solve problems in all sectors according to National Disaster Management Command Headquarters policy.