Prison labour hired to clean Bangkok's drains

Prisoners clean sewers in Saphan Kwai disrict, Bangkok, to improve flood drainage, prior to the arrival of Covid-19. (Bangkok Post file photo)

City Hall has approved a Department of Corrections proposal to use prison labour to clean the sewers throughout Bangkok and improve flood drainage, starting on July 1.

Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt and heads of the city drainage department approved the plan at a meeting with Department of Corrections chief Aryut Sinthopphan.