Bang Rak District Office officially introduced that Silom Road, a preferred destination for water fights in Bangkok during Songkran, will stay open this year. Locals and vacationers can participate in the water fights on the streets and sidewalks of each Soi.
After three years of being affected by the pandemic, the Songkran Festival and its accompanying water fights will be totally restored this 12 months. The water fights on Silom Road are one of the popular sights that individuals eagerly anticipate every year during the festival. However, this 12 months, the highway will not be closed so that folks can enjoy the full area for water splashing.
Smuggled (BMA) and Bang Rak District Office needed to make the common public conscious that Silom Road is the primary site visitors route within the coronary heart of Bangkok. If the highway was closed it will affect the general visitors system, the residents dwelling in the space, and patient supply at the nearby hospitals.
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt reported yesterday that Bangkok won’t ban the Songkran Festival or water fights in the Silom area. People can still enjoy the pageant, however not on the primary road.
The governor added that Bangkok is providing 198 Songkran events to benefit from the celebration and the main conventional Songkran pageant shall be held in entrance of the BMA City Hall near the Giant Swing and Phadung Krung Kasem Canal.
For anyone who is in Thailand for the Songkran Festival, the 198 occasions may be checked through the NICEMap: https://th.riskmap.org/
Chadchart also emphasised that alcohol is banned in public places during the Songkran Festival. He urged people to only drink alcohol in bars or restaurants and requested for cooperation from vendors to abide by the ruling.
The Metropolitan Police Bureau’s Deputy Commissioner, Jirasan Kaewsaeng-ek, acknowledged that the bureau has readied 4,000 law enforcement officials to oversee over one hundred police checkpoints throughout Bangkok for the Songkran Festival.
Jirasan clarified that every checkpoint will randomly conduct alcohol checks for drivers and individuals partaking within the Songkran festivities. He additionally mentioned that the checkpoints will start at midday, which is a deviation from previous years when they began at night time, due to statistics indicating a higher incidence of drunk driving accidents in the course of the daytime..