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Bangkok to remove vendors, homeless people, pigeons off Sanam Luang
BANGKOK, Feb 15 (TNA) – Bangkok’s City Hall is planning to remove street vendors, homeless people and pigeons from Sanam Luang, the royal ceremonial ground, starting from noon Tuesday.
Following a committee meeting on improving the environment and landscape and reducing social problems in the Sanam Luang area, Bangkok deputy governor Teerachon Manomaiphibul said it was agreed to relocate peddlers from Sanam Luang and the Supreme Court at the end of February to other areas in the city.
Mr Teerachon said there are some 900 vendor stalls at Sanam Luang and about 240 at the Supreme Court premises.
The BMA will provide each registered vendor with a new stall and an umbrella, and will arrange sales sites for the merchants by relocating them in an orderly way among existing vendors in each relocation area.
Regarding the homeless living at and near Sanam Luang, City Hall is planning to send them elsewhere in Bangkok and outside Bangkok to temporary shelters.
Mr Teerachon said the committee on Tuesday will discuss with the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor to ask for land near the boundary of Bangkok Noi Station to build more temporary shelters for the homeless.
The meeting also addressed the issue of pigeon removal set to begin at noon on Tuesday, with birds being herded to large cages and moved to a quarantine area in Bangkok’s Ladprao Soi 87 area.
Pigeons will be examined for diseases which are to be cured. This process is expected to take about one or up to two months to complete.
Birds without diseases will be screened out and partly sent to another destination not yet announced, while the rest will be given out to some 60 registered farmers in several provinces where pigeons will be raised for their eggs for selling.
Sanam Luang has long been used for royal ceremonies and functions as well as protest areas, but street vendors, homeless people and pigeons have taken up the space for personal use after functions halt.
In order to improve the landscape around Sanam Luang, the ground is now under the renovation plan in preparation for the celebrations on His Majesty the King’s birthday in December, while the work, costing around Bt186 million to be received from the Strong Thailand Project, is expected to take 300 days to complete by military workers. (TNA)
Following a committee meeting on improving the environment and landscape and reducing social problems in the Sanam Luang area, Bangkok deputy governor Teerachon Manomaiphibul said it was agreed to relocate peddlers from Sanam Luang and the Supreme Court at the end of February to other areas in the city.
Mr Teerachon said there are some 900 vendor stalls at Sanam Luang and about 240 at the Supreme Court premises.
The BMA will provide each registered vendor with a new stall and an umbrella, and will arrange sales sites for the merchants by relocating them in an orderly way among existing vendors in each relocation area.
Regarding the homeless living at and near Sanam Luang, City Hall is planning to send them elsewhere in Bangkok and outside Bangkok to temporary shelters.
Mr Teerachon said the committee on Tuesday will discuss with the State Railway of Thailand (SRT) governor to ask for land near the boundary of Bangkok Noi Station to build more temporary shelters for the homeless.
The meeting also addressed the issue of pigeon removal set to begin at noon on Tuesday, with birds being herded to large cages and moved to a quarantine area in Bangkok’s Ladprao Soi 87 area.
Pigeons will be examined for diseases which are to be cured. This process is expected to take about one or up to two months to complete.
Birds without diseases will be screened out and partly sent to another destination not yet announced, while the rest will be given out to some 60 registered farmers in several provinces where pigeons will be raised for their eggs for selling.
Sanam Luang has long been used for royal ceremonies and functions as well as protest areas, but street vendors, homeless people and pigeons have taken up the space for personal use after functions halt.
In order to improve the landscape around Sanam Luang, the ground is now under the renovation plan in preparation for the celebrations on His Majesty the King’s birthday in December, while the work, costing around Bt186 million to be received from the Strong Thailand Project, is expected to take 300 days to complete by military workers. (TNA)
