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Wednesday, November 09, 2011

Flood in Thailand - Nature or Mismanagement

An environment researcher from Mahidol University has analyzed the quantity of water and its flow direction before he has reached the conclusion that the flood disaster in Thailand related to the mismanagement and political issue.

Mo Chit's BTS Station (Sky Train)
Associate Professor Suchart Navakawong, Mahidol University, has expressed his vision toward the ongoing flood disaster in Thailand.  He said the problem come from water management, not from the error of the dam in the Northern part as per some info.

With the huge volume of water flow from the North, there are some area before reaching Bangkok and the sea that was earlier planned to be the reservoir-like area to keep and slow down the water flow, to reduce its force to enter to the capital city. However, these areas are under some of the political game, where they don't want water to come into their zone. Therefore, water had to flow somewhere else which is not as suitable as those early planned area.
"In conclusion, water management under political pressure, either local or national level, is not a good thing.  This has made the water flow pattern changed from its nature. We need a better water management."
Therefore, huge volume of water, wrong water flow management, and error in decision of leader have led us into a huge water disaster this year.

[credit to www.bangkokbiznews.com]

Note from myself:  The reservoir-like area is already the idea from our king (HM Bhumiphol) long time ago.  He spoke in front of public of the idea to prepare what he called "Monkey Cheek".  It's when he was young he had a monkey.  Whenever it ate some banana, it always keep banana inside its cheek and gradually swallow them.  In this case, the king means every once in awhile the water will flow from the North to the Middle part to access to the sea.  In order to reduce its force, the "Monkey Cheek" area needs to be prepared in some province in between the North and the Middle part of Thailand.

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