Songkran Celebrations Leave Over 150 Tonnes of Garbage in Bangkok: Khao San and Silom Roads
During the three-day Songkran celebrations on Khao San and Silom roads in Bangkok, over 200,000 people attended, leaving behind approximately 116 tonnes of garbage.
The majority of the waste consisted of drinking water bottles, plastic bags, water guns, plastic buckets, and traces of white clay flour.
City workers, led by Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, collected the garbage on Tuesday morning.
The amount of garbage generated during the last night of celebrations was not yet estimated.
On April 13-14, 33 tonnes of garbage were collected from Silom road in Bangkok where approximately 58,000 and 79,000 people celebrated Songkran.
Meanwhile, the Lai Bang Saen celebration began in Bang Saen resort town, Chon Buri province.
This event is confined to Khao Lam road, Bang Saen beach road, and Bang Saen Soi 2, filled with pick-up trucks and revellers.
The Songkran celebration includes building sand castles on the Bang Saen beach and various cultural activities.