PHUKET: A backhoe and a pump are now being deployed to help end seven years of environmental pollution on Racha island, a popular resort destination not far from Phuket.
The backhoe will dig out a stagnant canal while the pump will be used to carry bad water over an illegally built resort roadway.
Why aren't the Phuket authorities ordering the roadway to be demolished?
Well that's a good question, one that has been asked for a long time by Sarit Jandee, president of the Racha Island Preservation Committee.
''More tourists are coming to Racha and it would be good to see local government and businesspeople show their ability to improve the environment,'' he said.
Vice Governor Suthee Tongyam led a delegation of officials to Racha yesterday. The Phuket Marine Biological centre, Phuket Marine Office 5, the Fisheries Office and Royal Thai Navy were represented.
It's been seven years since the issue was first raised yet the environmental destruction continues, the group was told.
Khun Sarit said that restaurants and resorts that pollute the 700-metre canal need to treat all waste before it reaches the canal.
No effort appears to be underway to remove the illegal resort roadway, one of several major encroachments.
The backhoe is expected to spend 10 days working on the canal.
The backhoe will dig out a stagnant canal while the pump will be used to carry bad water over an illegally built resort roadway.
Why aren't the Phuket authorities ordering the roadway to be demolished?
Well that's a good question, one that has been asked for a long time by Sarit Jandee, president of the Racha Island Preservation Committee.
''More tourists are coming to Racha and it would be good to see local government and businesspeople show their ability to improve the environment,'' he said.
Vice Governor Suthee Tongyam led a delegation of officials to Racha yesterday. The Phuket Marine Biological centre, Phuket Marine Office 5, the Fisheries Office and Royal Thai Navy were represented.
It's been seven years since the issue was first raised yet the environmental destruction continues, the group was told.
Khun Sarit said that restaurants and resorts that pollute the 700-metre canal need to treat all waste before it reaches the canal.
No effort appears to be underway to remove the illegal resort roadway, one of several major encroachments.
The backhoe is expected to spend 10 days working on the canal.
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