Bangkok Deputy Governor Opens Four Flood Response Centers
Bangkok’s deputy governor has opened four flood response centers in the city’s inundated districts to coordinate relief, assistance, recovery and compensation for affected residents. The centers will manage drainage, distribute essential supplies and clear waste to restore normal conditions quickly. Progress will be reported to the governor and disaster command, while the environmental office mobilizes resources to ensure public health and safety after waters recede.
Bangkok Deputy Governor Twida Kamolwetch has set up four flood command centers in the capital’s flooded districts to carry out aggressive relief, assistance, recovery and compensation operations for flood victims. On October 2, 2026, at the Bangkok Flood Prevention Control Center in Din Daeng district, Ms. Twida Kamolwetch chaired a meeting to monitor the flood situation and determine relief and recovery measures for affected people via an electronic system. She said she had assigned senior executives, including the deputy permanent secretary and Bangkok inspectors, to go into the field and manage the situation closely under the framework of ‘relief, assistance, recovery, compensation’. By integrating cooperation with all sectors, the authority has established ‘field command units’ at four strategic locations: point one at Don Mueang Airport area in Don Mueang District; point two in the Khum Phai Rom Klao community of Lat Krabang District; point three at Santiphap Park in Lat Krabang District; and point four in Flora Ville village of Nong Chok District. The four field command centers will serve as hubs for proactive drainage management, distribution of food, drinking water and relief packs to every household, and acceleration of garbage and debris removal that blocks waterways and accumulates after water recedes, to restore the environment and housing to normal as soon as possible. Operations will be reported continuously to the Bangkok Governor and the Bangkok Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Command Center. The Environmental Office has mobilized personnel and machinery to support the transport of supplies, waste disposal, cleaning of public areas and landscape improvement immediately after waters recede, aiming to prevent health problems and swiftly restore safety for residents.
