Post by Deleted on Aug 5, 2016 9:57:35 GMT 7
Work on a railway line that would link the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea has hit a hurdle after opposition by residents in southern Thailand.
The National Environment Board on Monday rejected a proposal on the project after locals complained it had been drawn up without their involvement, as required under the law.
Its environmental impact assessment "was conducted without people's participation", local and environmental activist Wichoksak Ronnarongpairee told The Straits Times.
Dr Kasemsan Chinnavaso, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment permanent secretary, was quoted by Bangkok Post saying: "After adequate information is handed to the locals and there is improved understanding, the (transport) ministry could re-submit the project to the board for consideration."
The plan calls for a railway line that would run over 100km from a port in Satun province by the Andaman Sea, to another port in Songkhla province by the Gulf of Thailand.
www.straitstimes.com/asia/rail-line-across-thailand-runs-into-resistance
The National Environment Board on Monday rejected a proposal on the project after locals complained it had been drawn up without their involvement, as required under the law.
Its environmental impact assessment "was conducted without people's participation", local and environmental activist Wichoksak Ronnarongpairee told The Straits Times.
Dr Kasemsan Chinnavaso, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment permanent secretary, was quoted by Bangkok Post saying: "After adequate information is handed to the locals and there is improved understanding, the (transport) ministry could re-submit the project to the board for consideration."
The plan calls for a railway line that would run over 100km from a port in Satun province by the Andaman Sea, to another port in Songkhla province by the Gulf of Thailand.
www.straitstimes.com/asia/rail-line-across-thailand-runs-into-resistance
