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A long-running community access road to a rural health centre in Nakhon Sawan province has been suddenly barricaded, causing severe disruption to local residents and patients, after a landowner claimed inheritance rights and demanded the hospital pay 1.5 million baht per rai, to continue using the route.

 

The dispute centres around the entrance road to the Ban Makluea Subdistrict Health Promotion Hospital, located in Mueang district. Local villagers contacted the press after barbed wire and warning signs were erected to block the concrete road that has been in use since 1997. The landowner, a woman who runs a nearby petrol station, claimed the road lies on private property she inherited from her father and has since restricted access.

 

She has told hospital authorities that the only way to restore access is to purchase the land at her proposed price.

 

In the meantime, residents and patients, many of whom are elderly or disabled, are forced to use an alternative route through a rough, muddy dirt path behind Wat Tha Charoen Phatthana School, some 500 metres away. The track is impassable by car and only accessible by motorcycle, posing serious safety and accessibility issues.

 

“This road has been the lifeline for villagers and patients for nearly 30 years,” said Mrs. Wasinan Homchan, director of the health centre. “Dozens to hundreds of people come for treatment daily, many using walking aids or wheelchairs. The detour is simply not suitable.”

 

In response, local authorities have tried to mitigate the impact. The Ban Makluea Subdistrict Administrative Organisation has deployed golf carts to ferry patients as close to the health centre as possible. Village health volunteers (Aor Sor Mor) are also stationed along the route to assist those needing help navigating the difficult terrain.

 

District Chief Mr. Ronakorn Phaowicharn has now intervened, confirming that earlier negotiations with the landowner failed. He has instructed officials to compile all relevant documents and submit them to the provincial office. Legal proceedings will follow, starting with a request for a temporary court injunction and eventually a formal claim under “servitude law”, which, if successful, would declare the route a public thoroughfare.

 

If that legal route proves unsuccessful, authorities say they may be forced to pursue further court action in the public interest.

 

Local residents have pleaded with the landowner to reconsider, citing the hardship faced by the elderly and sick. “We’re just asking for compassion,” said one elderly patient. “This road has helped save lives for decades. Blocking it now hurts the whole community.”

 

The case has sparked debate nationwide about land rights versus public good, especially in rural areas where communities often rely on informal arrangements that date back generations.

 

 

image.png  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-05-23.

 

 

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Obviously an insane person who is mad with greed. Fairly sure I'm right in saying she is the least popular person in the area and she'll be seeing a lot less money coming in from her petrol station.

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