PHUKET: The owner of a resort on the island of Racha, a popular destination off Phuket, has been given another month to make improvements and put an end to pollution.
Phuket Vice Governor Dr Sommai Preechasin led a delegation to visit Racha again this week, but changes that have been requested several times in the past have yet to be made.
Local conservationist Sarit Jandee told the owner of the Rayaburi, Somchant Somnam: ''When are you going to fix the problem of bad water coming from your hotel?''
Khun Somchant: ''We've been talking about this for a long time. What's the new issue?''
Khun Sarit: ''Your bad water is still the issue and it has been for three years.''
Khun Somchant said that he needed one more month to put in place a plan to reduce the effluent from the resort that pollutes the local water.
Khun Sarit said that local authorities were well aware of the problem and had been visiting Racha for a long time now but there had been no enforcement or attention to the problem.
''I wonder how much longer the coral off the beach will survive,'' he asked.
Many day-trippers still visit the island and head back to Phuket without realising the pollution taking place on the other side of the island.
Phuket Vice Governor Dr Sommai Preechasin led a delegation to visit Racha again this week, but changes that have been requested several times in the past have yet to be made.
Local conservationist Sarit Jandee told the owner of the Rayaburi, Somchant Somnam: ''When are you going to fix the problem of bad water coming from your hotel?''
Khun Somchant: ''We've been talking about this for a long time. What's the new issue?''
Khun Sarit: ''Your bad water is still the issue and it has been for three years.''
Khun Somchant said that he needed one more month to put in place a plan to reduce the effluent from the resort that pollutes the local water.
Khun Sarit said that local authorities were well aware of the problem and had been visiting Racha for a long time now but there had been no enforcement or attention to the problem.
''I wonder how much longer the coral off the beach will survive,'' he asked.
Many day-trippers still visit the island and head back to Phuket without realising the pollution taking place on the other side of the island.
What an arrogant man ! So he thinks he can pollute a wonderful place and that's ok? It's thanks to people like him that Thailand has become the polluted, overbuilt place it is.
Posted by Elizabeth on September 28, 2014 22:08