Sand Refilling at Samila Beach to Be Finished in Late June

BANGKOK, May 23 (TNA) - The sand refilling project at Samila beach in Songkhla will be finished in late June. Chulalongkorn University's Department of Geology lecturer, Prof. Thanawat Jarupongsakul said that the project is 70-80 per cent complete. Samila beach and Chalathat beach are eroded by storm waves, particularly during the monsoon season from October to February. The impact of severe erosion was seen into the road along the shoreline. According to the study, he said the sand was swept onto Son-aon Cape near the Songkla River estuary, about eight kilometres from Samila beach. The work to move the sand back from the cape through the pipe to refill Samila and Chalathat beaches will be finished late next month, ahead of the monsoon season. The lecturer said climate change and more frequent monsoon winds have effects on coastal erosion at Samila beach. The beach restoration cannot happen naturally and the studies showed that sand refilling has to be done at Samila beach every ten years. Samila beach is the tourist destination, popular among locals and tourists from Malaysia and Singapore. After the sand refilling there is finished, Jomtien beach will be the next location for the sand refilling project. (TNA)