News Forum - Bangkok area flood caused by 100 sandbags in drain

[Thaiger]

A neighbourhood in Bangkok that has been flooded since September 10 just discovered sandbags shoved into the main drain. With rain failing to drain throughout the neighbourhood for three weeks, the still water was stinking and infectious. People in the Lat Krabang neighbourhood have been suffering with water that reached up to their knees. Flood waters have never been this much of an issue on Soi Luang Phaeng 6 in the past, and it was beginning to create health problems. Local residents were getting foot infections from the stagnant and rotting water they had to trudge through each day. Then […]

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[Ramanathan.P]

No one is going to hire a lorry to transfer and stuff 100 sand bags into the drain. Just check who is the last contractor working in that area. It is very easy to identify the contractor

[Davelee]

Not the brightest whoever did that

[Pinga]

3 hours ago, Ramanathan.P said:

No one is going to hire a lorry to transfer and stuff 100 sand bags into the drain. Just check who is the last contractor working in that area. It is very easy to identify the contractor

Either that, or some big developer is trying to buy up land there...

[Augratin]

With all the CCTV cameras everywhere they don't have any footage of this happening?

[Janneman]

It took them only 3 weeks to start looking for the cause of this flooding? And once they found it, it was over? 

[Noble_Design]

I took these photos myself yesterday at Bangna as I had to ditch my car and go on foot.

2 drains were blocked with sandbags causing flood. Seems like someone is trying to sabotage Chadchard?