Police General Chalermkiat Srivorakan, Deputy Director General of the Royal Thai Police presided over a meeting through video teleconference with the top brass at the Royal Thai Police Operations Center on Tuesday April 2, 2019 to discuss Songkran 2019. The General stressed out the need to tighten security in Bangkok especially in areas where tourist […]
Aside from April 13-16, the Thai Cabinet has approved April 12, 2019 as an additional holiday for Songkran.
The post says that one lane will be closed along Bangkok Planetarium all the way to Sukhumvit 24 for a parade march from 5:00-6:30pm. Sukhumvit inbound lanes from Soi 24-22 will be totally closed from 6:00-8:30pm for the formal inauguration ceremony and performance. One lane will also be closed from Sukhumvit 22 through Asoke intersection, Ploenchit intersection, through Ratchaprasong intersection, passing through Siam Square and Patumwan intersection for another parade march from 8:00-9:30pm.
The call to cut parties shorter compared to past years is in observance to the ongoing mourning period of the late king's passing, King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Confirmed party areas for this year's Songkran festival will be at Silom Road and RCA.
Bangkok expects to save approximately 5 billion liters of water by cutting one day from the usual 4-day celebration this year.
