scott heidler reports. >> reporter: enjoying the air and the view was unthinkable when this woman wasp in this house. her family has lived along the banks of the canal for 50 years. >> translator: the water was black. there were most quitos all over the place but after they removed the mud and garbage, it cleaned the air. >> reporter: but it took more than dredging and trash removal. this was the first phase of a politically and tech anily ambitious plan by the government. the goal to clean up the canal. it took a decade to complete and some were resettled by the government. the improvement on the surface is obvious. along the 8 kilometer long canal that snakes through the center of the city. but it's the 56 kilometers of sewer lines dug beneath think canal that are the key. this phase cost $360 million, nearly 80% of that came from world bank loans. >> translator: our project is the first large-scale operation with these solutions and technologies being built at the same time. we constructed several layers of sewage and drainage lines. >> reporter: and there are more areas of the cit

scott heidler went down to the waterside. >> reporter: enjoying the air and the view was unthinkableis woman was growing up in this house. her family had lived along the banks of the canal for 50 years. >> translator: the water was black. there were mosquitos all over the place. they removed the mud and garbage from the canal, it cleaned the air. >> reporter: this was the first phase of a politically and technically ambitious plan by the government. the goal to clean up and reconstruct the canal that had become an open sewer for 1.2 million people. it took a decade to complete and some were resettled by the government. the improvement is obvious along the 8-kilometer long canal. but it's the 56 kilometers of sewer lines that are beneath the canal that makes the difference. >> translator: we constructed several layers of sewage and drainage lines. >> reporter: and there are more areas of the city to be cleaned up. the project's phase 2 funding was approved a little last year $450 million. this man moved near the canal just after the cleanup started. >> translator: the house theres the

. >> scott heidler reports. >> enjoying the air and the view was unthinkable when luan noti was growing up in this house. her family had lived along the banks of the canal for 50 years. >> translator: the water was black. there were mosquitoes all over the place. when they removed the mud and garbage from the canal it cleaned the air. >> but the project took more than dredging the canal. the ambitious project the goal, reconstruct the canal that had become an open sewer for 1.2 million people. it took a decade to complete and some were resettled by the government. the improvement is obviously along the eight mile canal that snakes through center of the city. but the 56 miles of sewer lines are key to making it all work. and the price tag shows the depth of the government's ambition. this phase cost $316 million most from world bank loans. >> solutions and technologies being built we constructed several layers of sewage and drainage lines. >> reporter: and there are more areas of the canal to be cleaned up. more approved last year, $450 million. he saw promise and a good investment. >> t

scott heidler looks at the struggles of one owner who had to look for support from around the world to get his business off the ground. >> reporter: it is the perfect idea for a startup business, a service that helps 81 professionals deal with laundry in crowded and bustling cities. customers drop off their dirty clothes and pick them up clean. any time, all of it can be tracked online or from a smartphone. that was his business and became a reality two years ago when he started wash box 24. now there are 30 locker locations across bangkok. >> we didn't know it was a startup, it was something we were passionate about something at a had could sof problems in life. >> but he faced his own problems. the lack of facilities to help start up businesses was preventing him from growing his company. >> when you compare to thailand or hong kong, we do everything by ourselves. >> small and medium size businesses make up 97% of all thai companies. >> translator: most small and medium business loans are commercial banks more than governmental banks. this is a common practice in everywhere country.

scott heidler reports. >> reporter: imagining the air and the view is unthinkable when this girl was growing up in the house. her family lived along the canal for 50 years. >> the water was black. mosquitos were all over the place. after they removed the mud and garbage, it cleaned the air. >> it took more than dredging and trash removal. this was the first phase of a politically and technically ambitious plan by the government. the goal - to clean and reinstruct the canal that was an open sewer for 1.2 million people. >> it took a decade to complete. the improvement on the surface is obvious. along the 8km canal mistaking through the center of the city. it's the 50km of sewer line beneath the canal that is the key. >> it shows the depth of the government's ambition. it costs $350 million. 80% coming from loans. our project is the first large-sale operation with solutions and technologies. we instructing several sewerage and training lines. there are more areas of the city. loans from the world bang was approved late last year. 450 million. they moved near the canal after the clean u

scott heidler reports. >>> enjoying the air and few was unthinkable when this woman grew up in this house. her family lived along the canal for 50 years. >> translation: the water was black. there were mosquitos over the place. after they removed the mud and garbage, it cleaned the air. >> the transformation took more than dredging and trash removal. >> this was the first phase of a politically and technical plan by the government. the goal to free up the canal. it took a decade to complete. some were resettled by the government. >> reporter: the improvement on the surface is obvious. along the canal that snakes through the center part of the city. it's the 56 kilometres of sewer lines that are the key to making it work. >> the depth of the government's ambition is shown. this cost $360 million. 80% coming from world bank loans. >> the project is the first large-scale operation with these solutions and technology yits built at the same time. we constructed several layers of sewerage and drainage lines. >> there are more areas of the city to be cleaned up. the phase 2 funding, loans from t

scott heidler reports. >> reporter: it was unthinkable when this girl was growing up. her family lived along the banks of the river. >> translation: the water was black. there were mosquitos all over the place. we thought they removed the mud and garbage from the canal. the transformation was more than edging and trash removal. it was an ambitious plan by the government. the goal to clean up and reconstruct the canal for 1.2 million people. it took a decade to complete. >> the improvement on the surface is obvious. along the 8km long canal. it's the 56 meters that are the key to making it work. >> it shows the government's ambition. this cost between 3-$16 million coming from world bank loans. >> the object is the first large-scale operation with the solutions and technology anies built at the same time. >> there are more areas of the city to be cleaned up. the project's phase 2 funding and loans from the world bank was approved. $450 million. this man moved here after the clean-up started. he said it was a good investment. >> houses in the alley, value has increased.

scott heidler reports. >> reporter: enjoying the air and view was unthinking when this man was growings house. her family had lived along the banks of the canal for 50 years. >> translator: the water was black. there were mosquitos all over the place. >> reporter: the transformation took much more than dredging and trash removal. this was the first phase of a politically ambitious plan. the goal to clean up and reconstruct the canal that had become an open suer for 1.2 million people. the improvement on the surface is obvious along the 8-kilometer long canal, but it's the 56 kilometers of sewer lines dug beneath the canal that are the key. the price tag shows the depth. this phase cost $360 million, nearly 80% of that came from world bank loans. >> translator: our project is the first large-scale operation with these solutions and technologies being built at the same time. we constructed several layers of sewage and drainage lines. >> reporter: and there are more areas to be cleaned up. the project's second phase was approved late last year $450 million. this person moved near the cana