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Bangkok hotels want BMA to postpone plan to charge for waste water treatment

13 Sept 13:54 Key points summarised by AI

Bangkok hotels are urging the BMA to postpone new waste water treatment charges, citing financial recovery challenges post-COVID-19 and escalating operational costs.
The BMA intends to charge commercial buildings, including hotels, 8 baht per cubic meter for waste water discharged if they use over 2,000 cubic meters of water monthly.
Hotels argue that those with existing on-site water treatment plants should be exempt and express doubts about the BMA's overall capacity to treat the city's waste water.
The Thai Hotels Association president stated that hotels are financially unprepared to commence paying these fees by the BMA's planned year-end deadline.

Yesterday 14:58 Key points summarised by AI

Thailand's government will launch the "Chainat-Pasak-Gulf" water diversion canal project in fiscal year 2027, a seven-year mega-infrastructure initiative.
This permanent structural solution aims to mitigate recurrent central plains flooding by diverting water from the Chao Phraya River directly into the Gulf of Thailand, significantly reducing flow to major cities like Ayutthaya and Bangkok.
Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul justifies the long-term investment as a means to reduce future damages and fiscal burdens, contrasting it with the 40-50 billion baht spent annually on short-term flood relief.
Concurrently, the Prime Minister instructed officials to expand drainage capacity into the Tha Chin River and swiftly remove water hyacinths to improve immediate flood management.