Bangkok’s Khlong Saen Saep is in for a major cleanup. Garbage litters the waterway and wastewater flows into the canal, which is a major water transit with an specific boat service running through the capital. To deal with the issue, the Thai Cabinet permitted an 82.5 billion baht, 11-year rehabilitation venture.
The waste from the canal, which connects with the Chao Phraya River and runs to Prachinburi and Chachoengsao, has contaminated the Bang Pakong River in Chachoengsao. Sub-projects underneath the plan are set to manage treat wastewater earlier than it’s emptied into the river.
Skyrocket assigned eight authorities agencies, together with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, to spice up transportation safety along the canal, enhance the encompassing scenery, remove pollution, halt natural resource deterioration, and manage water sources, based on deputy government spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek. She claimed that the government would pay 81% of the project, with the balance coming from the BMA and public-private partnership (PPP) funds.
More piers are planned to be built along Khlong Saen Saep to accommodate the 800 to 1,000 passengers who go by electrical boat every day, as the elevated water treatment capacity may even assist the fast drainage of water and the enlargement of flood protection areas in Bangkok..