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24-511: In the 1980s, the canal-side area south of the bridge became the site of a makeshift market selling video games, electronics and toys. Illegal structures were built that encroached over the canal entirely. In October 2015, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration , in a bid to fight encroachment of public space, and with the support of the ruling military junta, successfully evicted the vendors/hawkers and demolished

48-414: A protest by deciding to not move to the locations specified by the government even after the time limit. On the other hand local people of the surrounding cities and towns agreed with the government policy as the shops set up by hawkers and merchants used to come in their way while using the public sidewalk and because some of the shops set up by the people had crossed the sidewalk and covered some portions of

72-801: A workforce of 97,000, including 3,200 municipal officers in Bangkok city, 200 in the city Law Enforcement Department, and 3,000 in district offices. BMA has 65 departments in total, 50 of which are departments respective to the 50 districts of Bangkok . The rest consist of: Strategy and Planning Department, Finance Department, Bureau of the Budget, Public Works Department, Drainage and Sewerage Department, Department of Social Development, Department of Environment, Culture, Sports and Tourism Department, Health Department, Bangkok Educational Office, Traffic and Transport Department, Department of Planning and Urban Development, Office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and

96-557: Is composed of two branches: the executive (or the Governor of Bangkok ) and the legislative (or Bangkok Metropolitan Council). The administration's roles are to formulate and implement policies to manage Bangkok. Its purview includes transport services, urban planning, waste management, housing, roads and highways, security services, and the environment. According to the Thailand Future Foundation, Bangkok employs

120-492: Is elected to a four-year term. The last election was held on 22 May 2022. Currently there are 50 members, with Pheu Thai making up 20 seats, Move Forward 14 seats, the Democrat Party 9 seats, Rak Krungthep 3 seats, Phalang Pracharat 2 seats and Thai Srang Thai another 2 seats. The council is divided into 11 general committees with five to nine members appointed by the councillors themselves: The Secretariat of

144-518: Is the BMA's holding company for public investment projects such as the concession for the BTS Skytrain and a 20 billion baht underground cable project. Bangkok's FY2024 budget totals ฿ 90,570,138,630. Most of the budget goes to civil construction and maintenance projects. The governor of Bangkok ( Thai : ผู้ว่าราชการกรุงเทพมหานคร , RTGS :  phu wa ratchakan krung thep maha nakhon )

168-566: Is the head of the local government of Bangkok . The governor is also the chief executive of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The governor is elected to a renewable term of four years, currently it is one of the two directly elected executive offices in the kingdom. The office is comparable to that of a city mayor . From 2016 to 2022 Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang acted as Governor of Bangkok. He

192-563: The Bang Khun Thian Geriatric Hospital. The department also operates the Erawan Medical Centre for emergency medical services. The Department of Planning and Urban Development are divided to Secretarial Office, Town Planning Office, Urban Development and Renewal Office, Geo-Informatics Office, Town Planning Control Division, Policy and Planning Division. The department has a duty to planning of

216-546: The Bangkok Metropolitan Council ( Thai : สำนักงานเลขานุการสภากรุงเทพมหานคร) is the executive agency of the council. The secretariat helps the council in all its roles including drafting of legislation, organisation of sessions, minutes and procedures of the council. The secretariat also helps members of the council by providing research and legal counsel. The secretariat is headed by the Secretary of

240-424: The Bangkok Metropolitan Council ( Thai : เลขานุการสภากรุงเทพมหานคร) The current secretary is Manit Tej-Apichok . The secretariat itself is divided into nine sections: The Bangkok Post has made the point that, although the city suffers from the "worst traffic congestion in the world after Mexico City", 37 disparate agencies are responsible for traffic management, planning, and infrastructure. It maintains that

264-536: The Medical Services Department. City Law Enforcement Department is the primary unit for overseeing security and orderliness of Bangkok with more than 3,000 quality personnel. Which has 5 important tasks which are to organize the city, Security, Traffic supervision, Tourism Administration and other special missions. Responsible for overseeing, investigating, arresting, prosecuting and enforcing Bangkok Metropolis regulations and other laws within

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288-407: The bridge also had a significant commercial importance. With time, the area gradually developed into a marketplace due to the imports coming from other countries. The merchants, vendors and hawkers built a marketplace illegally by covering the entire canal using iron plates for making the floor of the market. This caused the area to become a major marketplace, for a while, until the pier was closed by

312-638: The city government panders to personal automobile use. As evidence, it points to the city's plans to construct four new bridges across the Chao Phraya River , its runaway air pollution , its lack of green space—less than that of any other Asian capital—and its "...obsession with felling trees along Bangkok streets." List of districts in Bangkok Bangkok is subdivided into 50 districts ( khet , เขต , pronounced [kʰèːt] , also sometimes wrongly called amphoe as in

336-477: The city including planning for the development of specific areas, planning for conservation Rehabilitation and planning for urban development and also an agency for controlling, promoting and inspecting the use of land and buildings. BMA autonomously manages Navamindradhiraj University, of which the Faculty of Medicine Vajira Hospital and Kuakarun Faculty of Nursing are part. Krungthep Thanakom Company Limited

360-473: The city's development authority and the hawkers and market shop owners evicted from. Due to the large market that had developed, the police was unable to evict the merchants and shop owners from the area and the market was only closed by a policy/rule that the government passed. In 2014 the government of Prayut Chan-o-cha created a new policy to deal with the Saphan Lek street hawkers and merchant who used

384-427: The government specified place, though some moved to the mall nearby, thus marking the end of the Saphan Lek market. 13°44′49″N 100°30′14″E  /  13.74694°N 100.50389°E  / 13.74694; 100.50389 Bangkok Metropolitan Administration The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration ( BMA ) is the local government of Bangkok , which includes the capital of Thailand . The government

408-575: The governor. The council is headed by the Chairman of the Bangkok Metropolitan Council ( Thai : ประธานสภากรุงเทพมหานคร) . The current chairman, since 2013, is Captain Kriangsak Lohachala. The number of members depends on the size of Bangkok's population. One member represents one hundred thousand people. From 2010 to 2014 there were 61 members, elected from 57 constituencies (some constituencies elect more than one member) in Bangkok. Each

432-566: The jurisdiction of Bangkok including operations beyond the authority of the district office or in the case of serious danger to most people. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation operates the city's fire and rescue services. The Bangkok City Council reported in February 2018 that, of Bangkok's 874 fire trucks, only 88 were in "good" condition. Another 340 were rated "only just usable", 232 were "dilapidated", and 225 were parked permanently. Firefighting boats were found to be in roughly

456-615: The other side of the city is built across the Ong-ang canal to the Thonburi side of the island. The bridge was so famous during its early years that the area was commonly known as the Sapham lek district. The bridge also had a pier area for the goods that were imported from other countries. The ships used to load off the imports on the pier. Many merchants would then come here to buy the goods so that they could sell it in other places. Hence,

480-494: The road, causing regular traffic jams. Following public support, the policy progressed slowly with only some of the shop owners and street hawker shifting to the place that the government had provided. When the time period given by the government finally came to an end in October 2015, the development authority started to bulldoze the marketplace on the sidewalk. After that the merchants and shop owners had no choice then to move to

504-814: The same shape: three of 31 vessels were ranked in "good" condition and 21 were out of service and permanently docked. The BMA's firefighting unit has not been allocated a vehicle maintenance budget for nearly 10 years. The BMA employs 1,800 firefighters as of 2018 . The Department of Medical Services operates 11 hospitals and is headquartered at BMA General Hospital (Klang Hospital) in Pom Prap Sattru Phai District . Other hospitals include Taksin Hospital , Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital , Sirindhorn Hospital , Lat Krabang Hospital, Luang Pho Taweesak Hospital, Wetchakarunrasm Hospital, Ratchaphiphat Hospital, Khlong Sam Wa Hospital, Bang Na Hospital and

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528-416: The sidewalk of the district road to illegally set up their shops permanently. The government policy stated that the illegal hawkers and merchants along with their shops would have to move out of the area and establish in a government specified place before October 2015. Initially, when the government announced the policy, it was widely protested. Merchants and hawkers refused to follow the policy and initiated

552-491: The structure. In addition, Charoen Krung Road from the foot of Saphan Lek to Mo Mi Intersection , there is a one-way traffic pattern and formed a boundary between Pom Prap Sattru Phai (left side) and Samphanthawong Districts (right side). The name of Saphan Lek bridge comes from the first Iron bridge that was built in the reign of king Rama V. The iron bridge which connects the Phra Nakhon District to

576-427: Was appointed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha using Section 44 of the interim charter to replace Sukhumbhand Paribatra . The reason given for his ouster was "...because he was involved in many legal cases." The Bangkok Metropolitan Council or BMC ( Thai : สภากรุงเทพมหานคร) is the legislative branch of the administration. It is vested with primary legislative powers as well as the power to scrutinize and advise

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