Phitsanulok villagers seek help for power supply

By The Nation

 

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Villagers in Phisanulok province on Tuesday staged a march, demanding power supply as they had been living without electricity for 30 years.

 

Some 200 villagers and students representing 180 families from the seven villages in Tambon Chomphu in None Maprang village marched five kilometres from Ban Nam Tan to the tambon administrative organisation to seek help.

 

Their request for power supply has been approved but the Forestry Department has demanded Bt274,000 as the cost of reforestation for 25 rai of forests where the power poles would have to be put up in forests linking the seven villages.

 

The villagers tried to raise the amount on their own but failed to do so and are now seeking help from government agencies concerned. They threatened to take their protests to the provincial hall if their call was not heeded.

 

During the negotiations between representatives of the villagers, the tambon administrative organisation, the Provincial Electricity Authority and the Forestry Department, they agreed to waive the reforestation fee.

 

But each of the 180 families would have to pay the installation fee of Bt500 to the electricity authority for the installation of power poles to their villages.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30351712

 

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6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Some 200 villagers and students representing 180 families from the seven villages in Tambon Chomphu in None Maprang village marched five kilometres from Ban Nam Tan

 

30 years without power and transport !!

 

7 minutes ago, webfact said:

180 families would have to pay the installation fee of Bt500 to the electricity authority

 

Developing nation, may arse

So this is what they mean by Thailand 4.0?

Electricity, Pfff, everybody knows submarines are much

more important.

regards Worgeordie

I'm sure I can see a power pole, wires and a phone tower in that picture ... is that the right village?

Answer by officials:

Sorry guys electricity is not subject to our 20 year plan. And this year we are busy providing free water from all directions.

Sad story. The forestry department caved in and so the area the poles will take will be ruined instead of being forest. Now all these villagers need to do is come up with 500 baht per household for millions in infrastructure and yet they are still demonstrating? It's going to cost them a whole lot more than 500 baht to get a meter installed. And then how are they going to pay for the monthly bills? More demonstrations coming? Sad to see the real loser here is the forest as usual.