Government Fails in Flood Management Public Calls for Improvements Across Nearly All Areas

A poll indicates the government has failed in "solving flood problems," with the public wanting improvements in almost every area, including early warnings, emergency assistance, water drainage, and post-flood recovery.

On 2 Dec 2025, Assistant Professor Dr. Sanit Siriwisitsakul, head of the North Bangkok Poll survey center at North Bangkok University, revealed that from a survey conducted between 27 Nov and 1 Dec 2025 with 960 respondents nationwide, the topic was "Opinions on the government's management and resolution of flood problems." Regarding the question

Where do you get your flood news and follow flood situations? It was found that people follow flood news as follows:

• Social media sources (Facebook, Twitter, Line, TikTok, etc.) 84.60%
• Television (free-to-air news) 61.50%
• Online news websites 53.80%
• Warning alert applications 38.50%
• Friends/family/community members 30.80%
• Radio 15.40%
• Government officials (subdistrict administrative organization, municipality, village headman) 7.70%

Overall, how do you rate the effectiveness of flood management this time?

Effectiveness of the government's flood problem management

• Very poor 69.20%
• Poor 23.10%
• Good 7.70%

Effectiveness of timely warning alerts

• Very poor 46.20%
• Moderate 30.80%
• Poor 15.30%
• Good 7.70%

Effectiveness of accuracy of information

• Moderate 41.00%
• Poor 36.00%
• Very poor 23.00%

Effectiveness of water drainage was rated as

• Poor 46.20%
• Moderate 30.80%
• Very poor 23.00%

Effectiveness of emergency assistance to flood victims

• Poor 46.20%
• Very poor 30.70%
• Moderate 15.40%
• Good 7.70%

Effectiveness of inter-agency coordination

• Poor 46.20%
• Moderate 25.00%
• Very poor 21.10%
• Good 7.70%

Effectiveness of communication with the public

• Poor 53.80%
• Very poor 30.80%
• Good 10.00%
• Moderate 5.40%

Which areas do you most want government agencies to improve in flood management?

• Emergency assistance (speed and coverage) 100%
• Water drainage (installation/cleaning of drainage pipes, use of efficiency-enhancing equipment) 92.30%
• Real-time data management and situation monitoring 88.00%
• Early warning alerts (clearer and faster information) 84.60%
• Long-term planning and prevention (building dams/flood barriers, landscape improvements) 80.00%
• Post-flood recovery measures 78.50%
• Community participation (involving communities in planning and prevention) 69.90%