PM orders EIA and EHIA studies on Krabi’s power plant project scrapped

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PM orders EIA and EHIA studies on Krabi’s power plant project scrapped

 

 

KRABI: -- Prime Minister Prayut Chan-ocha has ordered the environment impact assessment EIA) and the environmental health impact assessment (EHIA) studies which were previously conducted on the coal-fired power plant in Krabi province be scrapped.

 

Government spokesman Lt-Gen Sansern Kaewkamnerd said Monday that the prime minister had instructed the Office of Natural Resources and Environment Policy and Planning of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment to inform the Energy Ministry that the prime minister wanted the EIA and EHIA studies which were earlier commissioned by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to be scrapped because he was concerned with the process of public participation which must be transparent.

 

The government has attached great importance to transparent public participation process, he added.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pm-orders-eia-ehia-studies-krabis-power-plant-project-scrapped/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-02-28

[4evermaat]

So is there an alternative energy plan?

[elgordo38]

8 hours ago, webfact said:

The government has attached great importance to transparent public participation process, he added.

For public consumption only. 

[whatawonderfulday]

8 hours ago, 4evermaat said:

So is there an alternative energy plan?

No not exactly but his and his families accounts in the BVI no doubt has just been enhanced significantly by this decision.