雷卓琳
據(jù)報(bào)道,泰國(guó)的一個(gè)出租車公司利用因疫情而閑置的出租車車頂種花和種菜,將廢棄的出租車變成一個(gè)個(gè)“屋頂花園”。
A?“car?graveyard”?in?Bangkok?for?its?brightly?coloured?cabs?has?been?turned?into?a?vegetable?garden?with?frog?ponds,?set?up?to?help?feed?out?of?work?drivers.?In?an?open?air?parking?lot?in?the?west?of?the?Thailand?s?capital,?green?shoots?fed?by?rain?start?to?grow?from?the?roofs?of?the?city?s?pink?and?orange?taxis.
The?site?is?owned?by?Ratchapruk?Taxi?Garage,?which?has?seen?most?of?its?drivers?quit?Bangkok?for?their?home?villages?because?of?the?lockdown?restrictions.
“Many?of?the?vehicles?still?have?large?loans?outstanding?on?them.?This?is?our?last?option,”?one?of?the?company?owners?said.?“We?figured?we?d?grow?vegetables?and?farm?frogs?on?the?roofs?of?these?taxis.”
Thailand?ordered?tough?restrictions?to?deal?with?the?COVID?19?cases?in?recent?months,?including?a?night?time?curfew?(宵禁令).?Tourists,?normally?a?mainstay(支柱)?of?the?Bangkok?taxi?trade,?have?become?gradually?fewer?to?almost?none?because?of?strict?rules?on?entering?the?kingdom.
The?eggplants,?chillies,?cucumbers?and?other?vegetables?grown?on?the?cars,?along?with?the?frogs,?will?help?feed?the?out?of?work?drivers?and?employees.?And?if?crops?are?good,?they?plan?to?sell?them?at?local?markets.
Growing?vegetables?on?top?of?the?roofs?won?t?damage?the?taxis?since?most?of?them?have?already?been?damaged?beyond?repair.4C1F193C-5322-4D34-A264-0695750EB7AF