Restaurant encroaching on creek gets ultimatum to move out

By The Nation

 

 

A restaurant, exposed on Facebook for illegally setting up shop in the Baan Kiriwong creek, has been ordered by authorities to move out.

 

A Facebook page titled “Strong Club -- Sufficiency mind, anti-corruption” had posted a picture with a caption on October 14, alluding to the alleged illegal encroachment. The restaurant had allegedly created a cement platform in the creek and set up tables and chairs at Baan Kiriwong, which is famous as an eco-attraction for tourists in Nakhon Si Thammarat province. The area also serves as a flood warning system. In the event of flash floods, the locals send emergency signals to people in the town to quickly prepare for the situation.

 

The Facebook page owners had asked the local government to inspect the area to ensure more damage wasn’t inflicted on the forest and the Baan Kiriwong creek.

 

On Tuesday, the Lansaka district governor and rangers went to the scene and questioned the owner of the restaurant. It reportedly ended with the restaurant owner being given an ultimatum to break the cement platform and move the restaurant out of the area within five days, beginning Wednesday.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30377449

 

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The sheer chutzpah of some of these people everywhere is just stunning. The average local thinks they can do anything they want regardless of laws and how others think. If it wasn't for the government being shamed on Facepalm then the Police Farce and others wouldn't have even noticed or done anything ... cheese & rice.

8 hours ago, Brigand said:

The sheer chutzpah of some of these people everywhere is just stunning. The average local thinks they can do anything they want regardless of laws and how others think. If it wasn't for the government being shamed on Facepalm then the Police Farce and others wouldn't have even noticed or done anything ... cheese & rice.

D9 bulldozer for Monday will fix that problem, no good in having discussions.

Just move the guy and the restaurant out leave the concrete for mother nature hey it will be a nice place for sunning and swimming lol

 

21 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

area also serves as a flood warning system. In the event of flash floods, the locals send emergency signals to people in the town to quickly prepare for the situation.

What does this have to do with the alleged encroachment? Does the concrete prevent the lighting of smudge fires to send smoke signals?????