Bangkok market restricts rice, eggs and water

THAILAND: Some shops in the Thai capital began imposing emergency rationing on Wednesday as anxious residents stockpiled food and other necessities, with Bangkok under threat of inundation for weeks to come.

As panic mounts, shoppers at a central Bangkok hypermarket run by Big C Supercenter Pcl were being restricted to one packet of rice and one tray of eggs. Toilet paper was also being rationed.Bottled water had run out at the hypermarket, except for expensive brands, compounding fears that residents would have access to adequate supplies during the crisis. In some areas, people are already complaining about a deterioration in the quality of normally drinkable tap water. The Metropolitan Waterw

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