Homes built illegally torn down to build power station for Red Line electric railway

BANGKOK, 9 June 2016 (NNT) - The State Railway of Thailand (SRT) is removing obstructions on Kamphaeng Phet Road to pave the way for the construction of a power relay station for the Red Line elevated railway.

The SRT and the Legal Execution Department have put together a team to remove 20 homes built illegally on an eight-rai of land along Kamphaeng Phet Road. The power distribution center will supply electricity to the Red Line, which stretches from Bang Sue to Rangsit.

Affected homeowners pleaded for more time to find alternate housing. Authorities have said that their houses must be removed in three days. The homeowners reportedly asked former SRT Governor Prapas Jongsanguan to help them relocate, but received no reply. They will submit another letter to the new SRT Governor to help them find new homes.


-- NNT 2016-06-09

What do these people expect. You make a ramshackle home on private land and think you can live there forever free of charge. So many of these shacks on the railway line property. It begs to wonder why they ever let them stay this long.

I know, but maybe they have nowhere else to go.

I know, but maybe they have nowhere else to go.

They had nowhere else to go before they built their homes. They knew the rules, now they're squealing. Don't forget there are low cost homes built specially for people with little income.

If they were allowed to be there for a while, then the government has at least a moral and ethical obligation to assist in their relocation.

But this is Thailand. Under the vestiges of the Sakdina system, poor people have little value.

If they were allowed to be there for a while, then the government has at least a moral and ethical obligation to assist in their relocation.

But this is Thailand. Under the vestiges of the Sakdina system, poor people have little value.

Don't come the raw prawn pal. If you want to build on someone else's land, you have the moral and ethical right to leave before the bulldozer arrives, and bitch to your mates about how much you have lost. Nowhere else to go - there's another 500,000 sq km of Thailand you could try.

Poor doesn't give give you the right to squat on others land, or to expect compensation.

BTW there is a vast difference between a "power station" and an electrical relay station, aka switch room.

If they were allowed to be there for a while, then the government has at least a moral and ethical obligation to assist in their relocation.

But this is Thailand. Under the vestiges of the Sakdina system, poor people have little value.

Don't come the raw prawn pal. If you want to build on someone else's land, you have the moral and ethical right to leave before the bulldozer arrives, and bitch to your mates about how much you have lost. Nowhere else to go - there's another 500,000 sq km of Thailand you could try.

Poor doesn't give give you the right to squat on others land, or to expect compensation.

BTW there is a vast difference between a "power station" and an electrical relay station, aka switch room.

There is ample precedent in Thailand for poor people squatting on public lands, and then being assisted with relocation. There is little social benefit in just making poor people homeless. Their problems will then multiply.

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