PUBLISHED: 19 October 2023 at 7:22
People asked the Chiang Mai Administrative Court to halt the project on Wednesday, leaving the death of a contentious 200 billion baht water escape job that would provide water to the Bhumibol bridge in Tak in the balance.
The large-scale project calls for the construction of a water source hole, reservoir, water pump station, and diversion barrage, all of which would significantly alter the local environment.
The Bhumibol bridge, a crucial source of water for gardening and the production of hydraulic power, was supposed to receive continuous water supply as part of the project.
The project, which spans 3, 641 ray, overlaps locations that will be incorporated into Mae Ngao National Park.
The project will have an impact on 29 families in 36 villages, according to the environmental impact assessment( EIA ) report.
The People’s Network of Yuam-Ngao-Moei-Salwin Basin, as well as residents of Chiang Mai, Tak, and Mae Hong Son, identified the defendants as the Royal Irrigation Department( RID ), the expert committee that produced the EIA report, the Office of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy and Planning ( ONC ), and the cabinet in their court-filed petition.
The system claimed in its petition that it had done so in flagrant violation of the law and requested that the court dismiss or cancel the project entirely.
The Yuam, Ngao, Moei, and Salaween valley basins, which are all anticipated to be negatively impacted by the project, are included in the network’s request for a judge order for the government to work toward issuing rules or laws to protect them.