Nan’s famous Pha Sing tree tunnel ruined by ignorance and lust for money: academic

[rooster59]

Nan’s famous Pha Sing tree tunnel ruined by ignorance and lust for money: academic

By PRATCH RUJIVANAROM
THE SUNDAY NATION
NAN

 

Once-lush trees of Nan’s famous Pha Sing tree tunnel, now dead by the roadside, after Highways Department workers cut down their branches to prevent road accidents.

 

NAN’S famous tree tunnel was damaged as people do not understand its value, an academic stated while emphasising that in order to save the country’s beautiful tree tunnels people have to appreciate their worth and protect them.

 

Trees along the 800-metre-long Pha Sing tree tunnel on Highway 1080 from Nan to Chloem Phra Kiat had their crowns cut off during a highway extension, leaving the once beautiful tree tunnel without its unique silvan shade and leading to tree deaths since April last year. As a result it is feared the tree tunnel may cause road accidents if branches fall on the road.

 

On a field visit to the urban forest at Nan, Pracha Koonnathamdee, a lecturer at the Faculty of Economics at Thammasart University, said even though the Pha Sing tree tunnel had survived the highway extension, it had been defaced.

 

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[ezzra]

In any other 'civilized ' country, those senseless tree murderess will be brought

to justice for callously chopping of nature's treasure and beauty... Alas,

no such accountability exist here...

[ChrisY1]

Thai arborists clever handiwork!

Let these guys loose with bush knives and chain saws and this is the outcome.......we see it everywhere!

[nakhonandy]

The trees cause a lot less accidents than the drivers.

Stupid action.

[Deez]

(Thailand)  ruined by ignorance and lust for money: academic

[biplanebluey]

7 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

Thai arborists clever handiwork!

Let these guys loose with bush knives and chain saws and this is the outcome.......we see it everywhere!

4 Trees---- is that one side of the "tunnel"??????

[farcanell]

Mmm.... I don't see any branchs there to drop off.

 

that said.... for a main road, given the horrendous traffic / road safety stats here, every single obstacle that can be removed, should be removed.

 

 

[oxo1947]

13 hours ago, ezzra said:

In any other 'civilized ' country, those senseless tree murderess will be brought

to justice

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Tree Murderers can escape justice in Thailand.......*sigh.........oh dear........