Sanitation engineer Worayuth
Khlaplod (left) explains the city’s preparedness for the upcoming rainy
season, as Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay (right) listens in.
Vittaya Yoondorn
Although Pattaya is entering this year’s rainy season with 6 pumping
stations at the ready, officials are asking village chiefs what other areas
need help in mitigating floods.
Heads of 40 neighborhoods met with Deputy Mayor Verawat Khakhay, sanitation
workers and civil engineers at city hall May 16 to hear how Pattaya is
preparing for upcoming rainy days and inform them of areas still affected by
slow drainage.
Sanitation engineer Worayuth Khlaplod said six sump-pump stations are
operating in the eastern half of the city: two along Sukhumvit Road, and
four along railroad tracks at sois Khao Noi and Khao Talo, Nongkrabok and
Chaiyapruek.
There are another six water-pumping stations on Sukhumvit
Road at sois 45 and 78; and near railroad tracks at sois Khao Noi, Khao Talo
and Nongkrabok.
The city also has 26 portable pumps ranging from 5-80 horsepower.
Each pumping station is manned with personnel to ensure the pumps work
correctly and other Sanitation Department staffers are stationed at critical
areas, such as the Sukhumvit and Central road intersection and near Pacific
Villages to suck sand and debris out of slow drains, Worayuth said.
