<p>As parts of Ayutthaya have begun to dry, it's others' turn to be extremely nervous. The Nation's Pravit Rojanaphruk spent two days at the flood-besieged Bangchan and Lat Krabang industrial estates east of Bangkok to see how the mood is over there</p>

<p>The problem in trying to independently verify whether &quot;over-priced&quot; relief bags were ordered by the Flood Relief Operations Centre (Froc) is difficult to assess, as all of the Bt800 bags have supposedly been given away already.</p>

<p>Volunteer leader Poramate Minsiri apologised profusely for being late for the interview, but was insistent that he had absolutely no regrets for abandoning the flood-relief operations in Don Mueang Airport two weeks ago.</p>

<p>After weeks of suffering perhaps the worst flood in a century and being inundated with selfish reactions, how many of us can still hold that Thailand is a uniquely caring and united society?</p>

<p><em>Angry residents at Klong Sam Wa force PM to let through fetid water flooding their area for 3 months</em></p> <p>Scenes at Bangkok's Klong Sam Wa sluice gate have been far from the feel-good images of Bangkokians pitching in and helping each other battle what some have dubbed the worst flood in a century.</p>

<p><em>Group says more than a thousand stranded without food, water or shelter; getting calls for urgent aid</em></p> <p>At least 1,500 migrant workers, mostly from Burma, are still trapped in the flood-hit provinces of Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi and lack adequate food, water and live in fear, said Ko Naing, legal coordinator for the Thai Action Committee for Democracy in Burma (TACDB).</p>

<p>Trying to downplay the government's nightmare scenario for the capital and to lessen panic, Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra invited 500 business leaders for an hour-long lecture at a hotel yesterday (Thursday) afternoon telling them that he finds it &quot;inconceivable&quot; that the whole of Bangkok would be heavily inundated to the point that the whole population will have to be evacuated.</p>

<p>The authorities should learn from their failure in protecting industrial estates like Nava Nakorn and Bang Kadi and dispatch a team of experts and soldiers to save industrial parks like Lat Krabang from getting submerged in the days to come.</p>

<p>People should not believe in conspiracy theories and rumours that the Army is sabotaging flood-protection efforts to unseat the Yingluck Shinawatra government, or other counter conspiracy theories, academics say.</p>

<p>Last Thursday, judging by how disorganised things were at Don Mueang Airport where the Flood Relief Operations Centre (FROC) is based, I realised that the Yingluck Shinawatra government was far too incompetent to handle the country's worst floods in decades.</p>

<p>The government should quickly and efficiently provide centralised and reliable flood updates on television, radio, mobile phones and other media on a regular basis to avoid confusion, panic and exacerbating the damage already done, National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission (NBTC) member Supinya Klangnarong said yesterday.</p>

<p>The volunteer spirit is strong out there at Don Mueang Airport's Domestic Terminal, which has been turned into a flood relief centre by both the government and civic groups - but poor coordination continued as of yesterday, nearly a week after the centre was set up.</p>