Banglamung chief tells Pattaya officials to get back to work on clearing South Pattaya canal

PATTAYA:--After getting off to a fast start, work to clear the South Pattaya storm-drainage canal of illegal encroachments has bogged down with some intransigent property owners even building new structures on public land.

Banglamung District Chief Sakchai Taengho summoned Pattaya officials to a Sept. 11 meeting to instruct them to reassert themselves in the effort to remove man-made obstacles along the canal designed to be a pathway for storm runoff to reach the sea.

As has happened so many times in recent years, Pattaya officials began clearing encroachments with much fanfare, but dropped their effort when the cameras left and encroachers dug in. This time, four property owners are not only ignoring orders to remove their structures, but, as Pattaya officials eased up on pressuring them, are flouting the law by building new obstructions.

- See more at: http://www.pattayamail.com/localnews/banglamung-chief-tells-pattaya-officials-to-get-back-to-work-on-clearing-south-pattaya-canal-41244#sthash.bbIPyUxM.dpuf

-- Pattaya Mail 2014-09-19

I think this is a job for the Royal Thai Army Engineers and some Bangalore Torpedoes...

How is this project going on? There will be more rains still coming....