New buildings in certain zones to be required to be quake-proof

BANGKOK: — The Cabinet has approved a proposal of the Public Works and Town and Country Planning Department to require new buildings in areas, which could be affected by quakes, to have system to reduce effects from earthquakes.

Thossaporn Nuch-anong, director of the Environment Technology Division of the Mineral Resources Department, said the Office of the Council of State is considering the draft directive following the Cabinet approval.

The directive, once implemented, would require new buildings to be designed with system to prevent the tremors from affecting the structures of the buildings, he said.

The areas, which could be affected, are groups into three zones.

The first zone is the area with soft soil, which could be affected from remote quakes, such as Bangkok, Nonthaburi, Pathum Thani, Samut Prakan and Samut Sakhon.

The second zone comprises of 11 provinces on a fault, which are Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Kanchanaburi, Lampang, Lamphun, Tak, Nan, Phrae, Phayao, and Kanchanaburi.

The third zone is seven southern provinces, which are Krabi, Chumphon, Phuket, Surat Thani, Phang Nga, Ranong and Songkhla

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