Routine deluge: A vendor pushing his cart through a flooded street after heavy rain in Bangkok. — AFP
BANGKOK: Even with 20 giant drainage tunnels, Bangkok will never be safe from floods, predicts a respected university lecturer.
Thanawat Jarupongsakul, who teaches at Chulalongkorn University’s Department of Geology, made this prediction when the city administration began touting these structures as a way to improve the capital’s flood problems.
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