Alarm bell sounds over new city plan - Bangkok Post

Residents get off a bus and wade through floodwater to return home after shopping along the busy Phahon Yothin Road in the northern Bangkok area on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) The Thailand Consumers Council has warned that Bangkok faces a growing risk of flooding from northern runoff, dam discharges, accumulated rainfall and high tides, and that a proposed new city plan could make matters worse by giving flood-retention areas over to housing estates and condominiums.

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