Overflowing water at Lam Phra Ploeng Korat dam accelerates drainage, governor warns downstream area to cope



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Fire dam overflow

Water overflow monitoring at Lam Phra Ploeng dam, Pak Thong Chai district, Korat, last water level 95%, acceleration of drainage As the flood situation in many points began to be resolved.

On October 11, 2020, the reporter reported that At this time, the amount of water in the Lam Phra Phloeng Dam Pak Thong Chai District Nakhon Ratchasima Province, which is one of the four large dams in Nakhon Ratchasima Province . The amount of water is close to the full capacity of the dam. After heavy rains, the area above the dam in Wang Nam Khiao district. And Wing Thongchai district For several days in a row Causing a large body of water to flow into the dam AND the amount of water in the dam increased rapidly

The figure for the last 3 days, the total amount of water that flowed into the dam was 42 million cubic meters. The most recent water content of the dam is 147 million cubic meters, representing 95% of the total dam capacity of 155 million cubic meters. Water supply project And fire maintenance, you need to open the floodgates in the area below at the rate of 40 cubic meters per second.

In addition to alerting people along the Lam Phra Phloeng river basin, below the dam to monitor the flood situation AND closely monitor the water situation that at this time the amount of water in the downstream area has started to flood the road to the village And some farmland already

Meanwhile, yesterday (October 10) a white Honda City sedan crashed into a drainage ditch and half the car crashed. In Ban Klang Area, Village No. 6, Bo Plathong Sub-district Pak Thong Chai District Nakhon Ratchasima Province Due to heavy rains, the road surface is flooded. And the driver is not an expert on the route, which causes an accident. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Mr. Wichian Chantaranothai, Governor of Nakhon Ratchasima Province, revealed that at the moment, the Lam Phra Ploeng Dam has almost the full capacity of the dam. And they are speeding up to drain the water from the dam to flow through the Pak Thong Chai district to the Mun River in the Chokchai district. It will speed up the drainage to leave the water content in the dam around 80%, but the drainage should be gradual. Drain, because if you drain a lot of water, it will affect the Pak Thong Chai Township area.

In this regard, the competent authorities have been instructed to notify the population of the area to closely monitor the situation. At present, the flood situation in the Nakhon Ratchasima province area at many points has started to resolve. For example, Pak Chong Township area Because the water body has passed through the main economic areas However, we still have to continue to monitor the situation because there may be more rain.



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