Bangkok Deploys Extra Forces, Machinery to Aid Flooded Outer Districts
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has deployed extra personnel and machinery to assist outer districts still flooded after recent heavy rains. Governor Chadchat Sittipunt and Deputy Governor Thawida Kamolwetch coordinated with the Ministry of Defense, Army and Department of Corrections to organize relief distribution, sandbag filling and water pumping, while ordering swift garbage clearance. Officials are also collecting data on affected households to provide further aid.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration announced on October 6, 2026, that it is reinforcing manpower and equipment to help flooded outer districts. Governor Chadchat Sittipunt, together with Deputy Governor Thawida Kamolwetch and city administrators, held an online meeting with representatives of the Ministry of Defense and other concerned agencies to evaluate flood conditions in peripheral zones. The governor thanked all units for their firm efforts and said relief operations are ongoing, especially in Lad Krabang, Nong Chok, Min Buri, Klong Sam Wa and Bang Kapi. He ordered district directors to quickly inspect villages and communities still facing problems, and to distribute food, consumer goods and passenger transport services as needed, confident that resources are sufficient. In addition, the administration emphasized the need to promptly collect large waste and roadside trash to avoid overnight accumulation, allowing district offices to hire machinery, outsource to private firms or increase staff to ease the workload of officials, and to gather data on affected households for future assistance. Deputy Governor Thawida Kamolwetch requested additional personnel from the Army and the Department of Corrections to help transport goods, distribute relief bags in critical areas, fill and move sandbags, and clear waste. She also asked for more water pumps to drain water from depressions and alley‑side communities, and instructed district offices to conduct careful surveys to reach vulnerable groups that might otherwise be missed.
