Mae Klong River: Stingray deaths prompt call for tough penalties

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Stingray deaths prompt call for tough penalties
By Pratch Rujivanarom

The Nation

 

Environmentalists urge regulators to track polluters

 

BANGKOK: -- ENVIRONMENTALISTS are calling on the Industrial Works Department to map all industries in every water basin and boost penalties for pollution in order to prevent a tragedy such as the mass death of stingrays in the Mae Klong River.

Meanwhile, Pollution Control Department (PCD) said that related agencies, including the PCD, had filed lawsuits against Rajburi Ethanol Company for polluting the Mae Klong River. The case, filed at Bang Pong Police Station, ensured that there would be a tighter monitoring system, which will include public participation.

Penchom Saetang, executive director of Ecological Alert and Recovery-Thailand (EARTH), said the mass death of freshwater stingrays was only part of the problem when it came to industrial pollution, adding that a proper pollution monitoring system and database was required to deal with this problem.

 

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[yellowboat]

Can they build these systems themselves ?

[williamgeorgeallen]

cash on the spot fine. next.

[BuckBee]

any action likely be killed off as fast as the stingrays. nobody cares as long as the wheel of industry turns and money made .

[jerojero]

Boost non-existent penalties to minimal penalties. OK, job done, let's move on.

[Skeptic7]

HIGH hopes...yes, but have to start somewhere/sometime. HOPEFULLY this will be the start that is drastically needed to begin limiting and eliminating the out of control pollution problem in The Kingdom.