Mayor: Issue will not be fixed quickly
PATTAYA: An over night rainstorm left Pattaya City’s roadways swamped on Wednesday, and locals fed up with duplicated flooding utilized social networks to grumble about authorities’ continuous failure to deal with the issue.
The Traffic Cops Twitter account and the We Love Pattaya Facebook page reported flooding in a number of areas, consisting of Sukhumvit Roadway and streets along the beach in the downtown location.
Part of the roadway running along Jomthien Beach diminished and was closed to cars, the traffic authorities network tweeted.
Routine flooding areas were likewise under water, consisting of the location near the train station and roadways in Bang Lamung district surrounding Pattaya City, according to We Love Pattaya, a Facebook account reporting on the city.
The heavy rain activated a landslide at Bali Hai pier, somewhat destructive 3 cars parked in the location, according to a parking area staff member.
Warnings were raised as a caution for all little boats to stay ashore as waves increased 3 metres high.
The flooding came as Tropical Storm Conson brings rain to a lot of parts of the nation.
It was the 2nd bout of significant flooding in Pattaya in 2 weeks. Downpour on Aug 27 left lots of roadways under water. Pattaya City authorities stated the Aug 27 flooding was the worst in a years.
Locals revealed their growing disappointment, venting their anger through Facebook and twitter, criticising the city administration for its long-lasting failure to avoid floods.
” Pattaya flooded once again. Thumbs up for the mayor,” one ironical Twitter poster stated.
” What the mayor is doing when individuals are suffering,” another composed on We Love Pattaya Facebook.
City mayor Sonthaya Khunpluem confessed at a conference on Friday the issue would not be fixed up until a 600 million baht drain system still under building and construction is finished. That would not be for some years.
The consistent flooding harmed the resort city’s economy and its image, he stated.
Anuwat Laothongkham, who supervises of sanitation and drain, stated downtown locations were flooded by water draining pipes from the eastern part towards the sea.
The city’s drain tunnels were old and too little to deal with the volume of overflow, and land formerly utilized to maintain excess water had actually been developed over with real estate estates, he stated.
