Bangkok Post : PM: Inner Bangkok now safe

PM: Inner Bangkok now safe

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra said on Saturday that the government’s flood war room had confirmed that areas in inner Bangkok will not be flooded.

In her “Yingluck government meets people” weekly talk show on radio stations of the Public Relations Department broadcast from Indonesia this morning, Ms Yinluck said officials can hold mass volume of runoff from the North at Khlong Bang Sue.

This can prevent inner areas of Victory Monument, Pathumwan and Silom from floods, she added.

The floodwater inundating the districts of Bang Phlad, Bangkok Noi, Bang Khae, Bang Kruai and Nakhon Chaisi has been gradually receding. The Royal Irrigation Department reported that about 63 million cubic metre of water has been draining out from the areas per day, she said.

On the conflict between flood victims in Khlong Hok Wa and Khlong Mahasawat and state authorities, the problems had been settled by the Flood Relief Operations Command, said Ms Yingluck.

The Rama 2 road, a main highway to the South, will also not be inundated as some fear and that the flood situation is improving in several provinces, including Singburi, she added

The prime minister insisted that after the water recedes, the government will rapidly reconstruct flooded provinces and rehabilitate flood affected people and manufacturers.