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AYUTTHAYA: A makeshift embankment at a bridge leading into a major industrial estate collapsed yesterday, allowing floodwaters to surge in, causing damages that could run up to 18 billion baht.
OPPORTUNITY IN CRISIS: A man casts his fishing net near the reclining Buddha image at Wat Loke Yasutha temple in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district of Ayutthaya province yesterday. PHOTO: PATIPAT JANTHONG
The government is pooling water pumps from neighbouring provinces to help drain water out of Rojana Industrial Park in Uthai district.
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Discussion 6 : 09/10/2011 at 11:37 PM6
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Cinbkk post 14 the police cannot patrol because they do not have the resources to do so. Also I think you may find in situations like this, that the police may often struggle to prevent looting as they did in America after hurricane Katrina wiped out new orleans or was it chigago?? whichever it was they had no chance of protecting everyone.
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Discussion 5 : 09/10/2011 at 06:54 PM5
I am sure that Justapawn and Nutterbutter will find a way to blame the demacrats and a third hand for the flooding...
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Discussion 4 : 09/10/2011 at 06:41 PM4
On Friday, Minister What Plodprasop guaranteed "The government also can prevent the floodwater from further flowing into the industrial estates in Ayutthaya province." Everybody else knew he was wrong to be so sure. He didn't, which makes him unsuitable for a responsible job like his.
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Discussion 3 : 09/10/2011 at 03:22 PM3
Wonder if the Tourism Authority of Thailand is still claiming that Ayutthaya is still safe to visit and the floods have a "limited impact" on tourism.
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Discussion 2 : 09/10/2011 at 12:07 PM2
Bad picture. But it said a lot about Thailand in general, and Ayuthaya in particular.
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Discussion 1 : 09/10/2011 at 11:41 AM1
It's sad to read that the police are again failing in their duty to protect people, in this case from the looting that is often a risk in these situations. In other countries police will patrol flood-stricke areas to prevent such crimes.
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