Thousands suffer as water turns putrid
BANGKOK – Communities living along the Chao Phraya River in Central Plains areas are suffering as run-off from the river continues to rise.
In seven tambons of Sapphaya district in the Central province of Chai Nat, thousands of villagers are suffering from ill-health with skin rashes as flood waters turn putrid and exude bad odours.
The murky flood waters prompted Sapphaya district chief Prapas Wandia to order officers to help pump and increase the circulation of water, and spray effective micro-organisms (EM) into the water to improve its quality.
The evidence of high flooding is pronounced in Bang Ban district in Ayutthaya. Known as a flood retention area, the level of water here has reached three metres, one metre more than local villagers expected.
The main road linking the community with nearby Phak Hai district was almost impassable as the road was under 60 cm of flood water, said Pol Col Kantaphong Nilkham, chief of Bang Ban district police, adding the water level was still rising.
Communities in the Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani were shocked to see a mass deluge after the flood level from northern runoff in the Chao Phraya River was compounded by high tides.
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