“Pradorn” urged not to exploit the public’s hardship for political purposes. He said solving floods in the Chao Phraya basin will take 7-8 years. He stressed that no government has successfully pushed it forward, but the “Anutin government” has now initiated the Chainat-Pasak-Gulf project.
On 23 September 2026, following the case where Mr. Pui Saengnak, a resident of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya province, submitted a letter to Mr. Jetsada Dontreesano, a Member of Parliament for Pathum Thani from the People's Party and Deputy Chairman of the Water Resource Management Committee, regarding the flooding issues in Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya and central region. The letter included the statement: “I am from Ayutthaya and our entire province voted for the ruling party, hoping things would improve. But now it’s worse than before. I have never seen a year worse than this.”
Later, at 16:18. Mr. Pradorn Prissanantakul, MP for Ang Thong from the Bhumjaithai Party and Minister attached to the Prime Minister’s Office, posted a message throughFacebookstating that “Do not use the public’s hardship for political games. Sustainable flood solutions in the Chao Phraya basin cannot be achieved in 3-5 months, nor in 2 or 3 years. We are talking about at least 7-8 years.” Everyone knows the only solution to the Chao Phraya basin flooding is a large drainage channel. The Bang Ban-Bang Sai project started in 2020; it has been six years and is still incomplete. At least the project has begun and will be completed within the next two years.
However, Bang Ban-Bang Sai or Chao Phraya 2 alone cannot completely solve the problem, but it can alleviate the burden on the people somewhat. The Chainat-Pasak-Gulf project involves building an additional large drainage channel, which is the only sustainable solution to this problem.
“This project has been discussed and studied by many governments; no administration has successfully pushed it forward. The government of Prime Minister Anutin has accelerated the project, which is now underway and will start in fiscal year 2027. This government has officially begun.”