The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is confident the three industrial estates in Ayutthaya are well-prepared to protect themselves against the ongoing flooding in the province, deputy government spokesman Rachada Dhnadirek said on Wednesday.
Mr Rachada said Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha had instructed state agencies to lay down plans to cope with flooding in Ayutthaya, including the Nakhon Luang, Bang Pa-in and Ban Wa (Hi-Tech) industrial estates and communities around them.
The IEAT had reported that each estate had its own flood prevention system, which included flood prevention dykes, water pumps and a water retention area. With the flooding situation improving, the IEAT believed the three industrial estates were well-protected from flooding.
Ms Rachada said that in general the water levels outside the estates were still below the tops of the flood prevention dykes.
On concerns raised by businesses in the estates that if roads outside were flooded there would be problems for people travelling to factories and for deliveries of raw material and movement of other cargos in and out, Ms Rachada said state agencies had been asked to find ways of solving the problem.
On Wednesday morning, the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat province was discharging water downstream at the rate of 1,947 cubic metres/second.
The water level on both sides of the Noy river, a tributary of the Chao Phraya, were still high.
Governor Niwat Rungsakhon said there were problems at two spots.
The first was a leak beneath the concrete embankment at Moo 1 village in tambon Samko, Sena district, causing Moo 1 and 2 villages to be partly flooded.
At the second spot, the road near the Chao Chet watergate, in tambon Rang Chorakhe, Sena district, had been cut for about 15 metres by a strong current of water. The water had flowed into the Khlong Chao Chet canal at the rate of 100 cubic metres/second. Crews from the Irrigation Department worked overnight trying the block the water. They had managed to slow the flow considerably, the governor said.