Mayor says 11 tambon will reduce garbage after residents raise a public stink

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Mayor says 11 tambon will reduce garbage after residents raise a public stink

By The Nation

 

Following public complaints of foul smell coming from a garbage dumpsite in Phang Nga’s Takua Pa district, Tambon Bang Nai Si mayor Somchai Prasertpong on Friday revealed that the 11 municipalities have agreed to reduce the amount of trash sent to the site by 30 per cent by January 1, 2018.

 

Tambon Takua Pa would also take charge of ensuring faster burial of garbage to reduce the foul smell, he said. Somchai urged people in the area to be patient as the issue couldn't be solved in one or two months He also said that if the 11 municipalities failed to reduce garbage as agreed, the dumpsite might be temporarily closed.

 

Somchai’s comments were made after many residents of Ban Pru Tiew, which is located 300 metres away from the dumpsite, complained publicly through the media that they could no longer stand the decade-long stink and increased fly population.

 

Local citizens said they had filed complaints with many agencies but didn’t get any concrete aid to address problems with the 217-rai (34.7 hectare) dumpsite, which is funded by provincial budget via Tambon Takua Pa.

 

Food vendor Urai Sirisku complained that the foul smell and flies have driven away her customers and made her ill.

 

“Many people sold their homes to move out of the area. I also think about this myself,” she said.

 

Neighbour Khanong Thanomsak said people have to use facemasks to protect themselves from the foul smell, which he suspected is caused by garbage being left out in the open between scheduled burials.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30328622

 

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[ChrisY1]

Surprised at this.....I didn't think Thais could notice bad smells.....rotten drains, dog crap everywhere, stinking bikes and trucks, piles of garbage lining Sois throughout BKK and never a complaint....!

[RichardColeman]

Good plan. Dump the garbage, make a merry smell, buy the residents out cheaply, clear the dump.

[Boss]

Good investment opportunity for the generalissimo : incinerators. NOT submarines , more airplanes, or guns and tanks....

[eliotness]

Could be solved in a couple of weeks with good operators.  Yet again the lack of good landfill management raises its head.

[300sd]

Well Somchai, the news article does say this has been going on for a decade. If you can't take care of your garbage, what is it that you can take care of?

[lvr181]

"Somchai urged people in the area to be patient as the issue couldn't be solved in one or two months."

 

Why should the people in the area need to be patient? The local leaders should have been doing something about the issue before it became a problem! Perhaps Somchai does not understand the word 'proactive' or its Thai equivalent? 

[observer90210]

burial of garbage ?!!...after polluting the sea, now let's carry on polluting the soil ? ... T

 

Thailand 4.0 would also mean some heavy duty garbage incinerators and waste water treatment plants all around the country....and before the end of the century !!