BANGKOK, March 29 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will ban alcohol consumption at Songkran festive venues and require prior permission for crowded activities during the Thai New Year festival.
Khajit Chatchawanit, permanent secretary of the BMA, said that alcohol consumption would be banned at the venues of Songkran celebrations and any event that would gather more than 1,000 people must receive approval in advance from the communicable diseases committee of the capital.
Each event with more than 100 people but not over 1,000 people would need permission from a respective district chief, he said.
Mr Khajit also said that Bangkok’s communicable diseases committee would introduce disease control measures in accordance with guidelines from the operational committee of the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration.
Regarding its alcohol consumption policy, he said, BMA allowed alcohol consumption at the eateries which met the SHA Plus standard until 11pm.
Dr Suthat Chotanaphan, director of the Institute for Disease Control and Immigration Prevention at the Department of Disease Control, said Songkran activities could be organized but water fights and powder smearing would be prohibited. (TNA)
