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The Authorithies closed almost all businesses in Pattaya
They fear a Covid-19 pandemic caused by the Coronavirus They deprived hundreds of thousands of families of their livelihood Mike Baird's Cartoon:
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Pattaya City sealed off
New map of Checkpoints (published April 11th). Click here for the old map.
The Provincial Government of Banglamung and Pattaya City Hall have decided to close the entrance to Pattaya
On Thursday, April 9th (!*) at 14:00 people could only enter Pattaya City with special permission, a plausible reason and a passport or identity card
UPDATE (April 10th):
As expected, the first day of Pattaya's seal off started with a chaos caused by mismanagement of Pattaya City Hall, its Mayor Sontaya Khunpleum and the security forces
Bangkok Post: Pattaya to adjust lockdown
Pattaya Mail: Pattaya Lockdown lifted
The Pattaya News: New checkpoint areas determined for Pattaya
UPDATE (April 13th):
According to Pattaya City Mayor Sontaya Khunpleum the new lockdown will start on Wednesday, April 15th, during afternoon.
UPDATE (April 14th):
The closure announced yesterday on Wednesday, April 14th, is only a temporary closure, called a Test Run by the responsible authorities and will take place from 06:00 to about 18:00 (and not at 15:00, as previously stated by the authorities).
On Thursday, April 16, the "real" closure of Pattaya will start at 14:00 and will last about 3 weeks - unless the authorities change their mind again ...
It seems that the officials involved are completely overwhelmed
* 9 (nine) s a lucky number in Thailand!
Unconscious Pattaya
Terminal 21: closed
Thailand's Government, the Provincial Government of Banglamung and Chonburi as well as Pattaya City Hall decided
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Kill the Virus
Smog in the North
Air quality in the north of Thailand is actually hazardous, as bushfires in Chiang Mai's Doi Suthep-Pui National Park have causes air quality to become nearly 20 times higher than Thailand's safe limit of 50 micrograms.
On March 28th, PM2.5 rose to 925 micrograms per cubic metre in some locations around Mae Hong Song, Lampung and Chiang Rai.
Last month the Royal Thai Army announced it would head to the northern provinces, track down and arrest plantation and farm owners who were allowing fires to be started on their properties. They would work with local rangers to detect the fires and enforce orders from the government not to light fires to clear land in preparation for new crops.
As our photo and the measurements show, nothing happened.
Empty promises as always!
Deadly Cables
On February 4th, 2020, a fire destroyed the cables connected with this pole.
The PEA (Provincial Electricity Authority) as well as Sophon Cable TV reacted quickly and installed new cables within a few hours.
TrueMove, however, needed three days to solve the problem.
So far so good.
But apparently the parties forgot to remove the damaged cables.
A well-known phenomenon that can be observed everywhere in Pattaya.
But here it is particularly dangerous because there are many small children playing in this area.
Do the residents really have to wait for an accident before the damaged cables are finally removed?
Dirty Tap Water
No Improvement
On February 12th, 2020, Udom Thipdecho, director of the Chonburi Provincial Irrigation Department, as well as some Officials from the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) told the Pattaya Business & Tourism Association that they have reduced the water pressure as much as 20 percent in some areas, but nevertheless the entire region still has running water.
Now almost all the hotels are closed, Pattaya City has sealed off its tourists, Songkran, the water splashing Festival, has been cancelled and many Thais returned home, but the situation has not changed. It seems that the Provincial Waterworks Authority (PWA) lied to us with their statements about Pattaya's water reserves.
The water is still delivered by privat companies by tank trucks. it is not tested by any authority or institute and in many cases it is anything but clean. It often contains sand and other dirt particles, sometimes it even smells of chemicals.
Therefore, extreme caution is required when tap water is delivered by private water suppliers.
On March 14th Pattaya Mail reported that Nongprue is testing the quality of private water sources. Our informants told us that nothing had changed. Their water is still as dirty as before!
On April 8th Pattaya Mail reported that Water trucks swimming in business in dry Thai town.
On April 9th The Pattaya News reports that Pattaya water levels remain low as Chak Nok reservoir sits at roughly 5 percent of capacity and writes that the PEA has asked people to be prepared for temporary outages over the next several days and keep a supply of three to four days of water.
On April 11th The Pattaya News writes that Sattahip and Chonburi officials meet to discuss solutions for severe water supply issues in area.
On April 14th Pattaya Mail announced that Pattaya begins water rationing.
In our eyes an admission that the previous information of the PEA was completely wrong, nothing but the usual window-dressing!
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