Mobilize soldiers and villagers to urgently repair the water barrier of Khlong Wat Taim, which has broken, causing water to overflow and flood inside Wat Taim, Bang Krathum District, Phitsanulok Province.
Yesterday (25 September), a large mass of water eroded through the temple wall and flooded Wat Taim, Village 1, Tambon Wat Taim, Amphoe Bang Krathum, Phitsanulok Province, over a wide area. Villagers, monks, Burapha Rescue workers, and soldiers from Wing 46 helped hammer eucalyptus trees to form a fence along the canal outside the temple wall, and threw sandbags to block the force of the water. While the water level remained steady, it flooded the temple area to a depth of about 1 foot. Villagers had to help pump water out of the Luang Pho Yom temple, which was under renovation. Inside, there is a 777-year-old Buddha statue that is highly revered by locals.
In addition, in the economic area, Wat Taim Market, located on the Wang Thong-Sak Lek Road or Highway No. 111, the water has flooded the fresh market.
Vendors have had to move their goods to sell on the side of the road instead.
At Ban Noen Kum, Tambon Noen Kum, Amphoe Bang Krathum, people are being affected by water in Khlong Noen Kum, which receives water from Tambon Chomphu, Amphoe Noen Maprang. This has caused widespread flooding in Villages 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 10 of Tambon Noen Kum, especially in the area of ??Wat Noen Kum, which was the venue for the boat races last Sunday. The water level today is about 30-40 centimeters high.
Monks, villagers, rescue workers, soldiers and officials from the Noen Kum Municipality helped carry sandbags to plug holes along the Noen Kum canal behind the Noen Kum temple to reduce the amount of water flowing into the community and the Noen Kum temple area.
The central stadium in Loei has been turned into a swimming pool, fearing that water will overflow into the economic district
. In Loei Province, at the Loei River level measurement point in front of the Loei Municipality Office at 5:00 p.m. yesterday (September 25),
the level was measured at 9.80 meters, rising 5 centimeters per hour.
While the low-lying zones, water began to overflow the banks and flood the health park, the central sports field became a swimming pool, while Mr. Chaipoj Charoonpong, the governor of Loei Province, coordinated to request a 32-inch hydro-four machine, which can drain 3 cubic meters per second, to be installed along the Loei River, on the side of the central sports field of Loei Province, after water overflowed through the drainage pipes and seeped into various points. In addition, he coordinated to install another 16-inch hydro-four machine from the Department of Water Resources, Region 4, Khon Kaen District, to drain water into the Loei River.
While the municipality volunteers were filling sandbags to block the bank of the Loei municipality in front of Loei Vocational College to prevent water from overflowing into the economic district, which still has about 1.20 meters left to flow across the road into the economic district.
Source: T
hai News Agency