Bangkok ‘grows lungs’, expands green zones

[News Bandit]

BANGKOK, Oct 17 - The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), the Thai capital’s city hall, has declared its success in creating green zones accessible to city residents during the past four years, according to a senior environment official.

Banjong Sookdee, director of the BMA Environment Department, said the original target was to increase green areas in Bangkok to 5,000 rai in four years but the BMA has achieved the goal by expanding its so-called ‘lung for breathing’ to 5,025 rai, an average of 4.73 sq/m per person.

The largest green area is in Lak Si district, averaging 16.30 sq/m/person, followed by Prawet district at 15.64 sq/m/person, followed by Thawi Watthana district at 13.40 sq/m/person.

City hall is developing a 100-rai public park in Bang Bon district due to finish next year, and another park at Vacharapol intersection on a 21-rai plot of land donated by the Expressway and Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand, he said.

The BMA is also in the process of leasing 70 rai of land from the Crown Property Bureau to develop as a public park.

The plan to create more green areas in Bangkok will not stop, he affirmed. (MCOT online news)

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