Picture: Daily News
Our pictures today come from Daily News who went to Pattaya to explore the latest damage to the main beach after it rained.
Down on the sands surveying the devastation were Sompong Jirasirilert of the Marine Department and City Hall officials all scratching their heads.
The pictures showed sandbags, exposed areas with massive ruptures and slabs of concrete.
In the background were piles of things under canvas and JCB's - certainly few of the nine million tourists that once graced the sands.
Picture: Daily News
Daily News explained that the Marine Department had spent 429 million on widening the beach to 35 meters wide along a 2.8 km stretch.
This was called "Beach Nourishment" in their article.
But much of the beach was being washed back into the sea whenever it rained appreciably.
They hit on a short term and a long term solution.
Picture: Daily News
Short term was to install barriers called "Geo Textile" that would protect the sands.
Long term was to dig Beach Road up again and put in more pipes to drain the water.
ASEAN NOW notes that similar expensive beach widening work is now in progress at nearby Jomtien.
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