The army has turned its focus to preventing floodwater from breaking into the Bang Pa-in and Navanakorn industrial estates after its operation failed to save the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate in Ayutthaya.
First Army commander Lt Gen Udomdet Seetabut, who supervised the operation, said yesterday that the damage to a dyke in the south of the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate had expanded from five metres wide to 15 metres.
A strong current of floodwater has also destroyed another dyke on the Asia Highway, resulting in more flooding at the estate. A Chinook helicopter laid containers to block the holes in the damaged dyke, but the operation failed because the water levels were too high.
Water levels at the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate now exceed one metre.
Lt Gen Udomdet said the army would try to use pontoons to transport rocks to lay at the area.
The army would try its best to protect the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, which is one kilometre away from the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate.
"We can still protect the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate even though a dyke near the industrial estate is damaged. Army troops and workers from the estate have repaired the holes," said Lt Gen Udomdet. The Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate is surrounded by floodwater, but the water has not yet entered the estate's compound.
Most factory operators have moved their machinery to the second floor of their buildings. The estate has 98 manufacturing factories.
Lakkhana Miankamnert, director of the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, said she was confident the estate would survive the floods.
The estate is run by Ch. Karnchang, a major construction firm which has built strong floodwalls around the estate.
All factories in the estate have stopped operating.
Workers are on standby to help in the event that floodwater spills over the estate's floodwalls, said Ms Lakkhana.
Col Palangkul Klaharn, a spokesman for the flood relief operations centre at Don Mueang airport, said the army has deployed 500 officers and heavy equipment at the Navanakorn Industrial Estate in Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani to boost the height of its dyke to five metres, up from its present level of four metres.
The estate has two layers of dykes, so he is confident it will survive the floods, he said.
Meanwhile, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, a Buddhism university for monks in Ayutthaya's Wang Noi district, is now under under three metres of water.
Phra Maha Phairat Thammatheepo, the university's representative, said about 400 flood victims, monks and novices are trapped at the university, which earlier opened a building as an evacuation centre for flood victims.
They are running out of fuel for electricity generators and water pumps. They are also facing a shortage of drinking water, medicine and toilets.
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Bangkok Post
First Army commander Lt Gen Udomdet Seetabut, who supervised the operation, said yesterday that the damage to a dyke in the south of the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate had expanded from five metres wide to 15 metres.
A strong current of floodwater has also destroyed another dyke on the Asia Highway, resulting in more flooding at the estate. A Chinook helicopter laid containers to block the holes in the damaged dyke, but the operation failed because the water levels were too high.
Water levels at the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate now exceed one metre.
Lt Gen Udomdet said the army would try to use pontoons to transport rocks to lay at the area.
The army would try its best to protect the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, which is one kilometre away from the Hi-Tech Industrial Estate.
"We can still protect the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate even though a dyke near the industrial estate is damaged. Army troops and workers from the estate have repaired the holes," said Lt Gen Udomdet. The Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate is surrounded by floodwater, but the water has not yet entered the estate's compound.
Most factory operators have moved their machinery to the second floor of their buildings. The estate has 98 manufacturing factories.
Lakkhana Miankamnert, director of the Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, said she was confident the estate would survive the floods.
The estate is run by Ch. Karnchang, a major construction firm which has built strong floodwalls around the estate.
All factories in the estate have stopped operating.
Workers are on standby to help in the event that floodwater spills over the estate's floodwalls, said Ms Lakkhana.
Col Palangkul Klaharn, a spokesman for the flood relief operations centre at Don Mueang airport, said the army has deployed 500 officers and heavy equipment at the Navanakorn Industrial Estate in Khlong Luang district of Pathum Thani to boost the height of its dyke to five metres, up from its present level of four metres.
The estate has two layers of dykes, so he is confident it will survive the floods, he said.
Meanwhile, Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University, a Buddhism university for monks in Ayutthaya's Wang Noi district, is now under under three metres of water.
Phra Maha Phairat Thammatheepo, the university's representative, said about 400 flood victims, monks and novices are trapped at the university, which earlier opened a building as an evacuation centre for flood victims.
They are running out of fuel for electricity generators and water pumps. They are also facing a shortage of drinking water, medicine and toilets.
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Bangkok Post
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