webfact Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 Krabi monks cough up cash to repair road Phuket Gazette After a 10-year wait, monks and locals grew tired of asking authorities to repair the road. Photo: Kritsada Mueanhawong KRABI: -- Monks and other locals in Krabi took it upon themselves yesterday to finally fix a road that had remained damaged for over a decade. The Abbot of Suwan Thararam Temple, Luang Phor Prathuan Jitseelo, led a team of nine monks and locals in repairing the pot-holed road. The monks financed the operation by diving into their own pockets as well using money from the temple donation box, which amounted to a total of 30,000 baht. It took them one day to fix an 800-meter stretch of Baan Khao Tang Road in the Krabi Noi sub-district. Full story: http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Krabi-monks-cough-cash-repair-road/65567?desktopversion#ad-image-0 -- © Copyright Phuket Gazette 2016-09-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canopus1969 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Now if this could catch on around the rest of the country Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc46 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Must say ,Now that's a good deed from the Monks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirtless Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 It take Holy intervention to fix Thailands infrastructure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotchonrocks Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Not often you see the boys in orange out toiling, it's usually limited to begging. Well done, it's a nice change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasset Tak Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Hmm they have been complaining for 10 years and now the municipality say that they where just waiting for the rain to stop before fixing the road... To all the people that usually are monk and Buddhism bashing here on TV; this is what it looks like in most cases when you look at rural Thailand! There are a few temples and monks with a lot of money that use it in a wrong way, Dahmmakaya and Wirapol Sukphol are some examples of that and then there are many that uses their money and donations to do good things like Luang Phor Koon and Luang Ta Maha Bua that during their lifetimes funded things like roads, schools and hospitals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamgeorgeallen Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 was watching this on TV this morning. putting a bit of bitumen in pot holes in a concrete road is not repairing it. made for a good photo opportunity i suppose. didnt the other mob who planted banana trees in the holes have more success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12DrinkMore Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Quote The monks financed the operation by diving into their own pockets Oh really? Did not realise that the robes had pockets hidden somewhere. Let's hope that the massively wealthy monks and temples will now start helping out the education system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bark Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 1 hour ago, williamgeorgeallen said: was watching this on TV this morning. putting a bit of bitumen in pot holes in a concrete road is not repairing it. made for a good photo opportunity i suppose. didnt the other mob who planted banana trees in the holes have more success? yep, with still one more month of rain. The repairs will not last very long. 30,000 baht in one weeks take. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djlest Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 if only more temples would do this instead of buying gold stupas... Okay so its not the right thing to do and they are not technically responsible but hey! make a song and dance and some things may improve! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kannot Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 Huh 10 yes TEN years..........shows exactly what youre up against............when I fix the roads I get told NOT MY JOB................I no longer fix them, they are now totally ferked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gudrun Botdorf Posted October 29, 2016 Share Posted October 29, 2016 That's a worthy lesson, everyone from each corner of the world should have it. It does not matter who you are. If you can clear the road for a single living being. Your duty in this world is done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wprime Posted November 2, 2016 Share Posted November 2, 2016 On 9/16/2016 at 4:52 AM, williamgeorgeallen said: was watching this on TV this morning. putting a bit of bitumen in pot holes in a concrete road is not repairing it. made for a good photo opportunity i suppose. didnt the other mob who planted banana trees in the holes have more success? Of course it's repairing it (Thai style), it'll be perfectly fine to drive on until the next time in rains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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