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Anand panel gathering evidence on impact of court industrial project suspensions
RAYONG, Dec 5 (TNA) -- Members of a four-party panel chaired by former prime minister Anand Panyarachun on Saturday traveled to the southeastern province of Rayong on a fact finding mission to gather evidence of negative impacts on the people following the court suspension of 65 industrial projects, earlier being built in the main industrial estate in the province, Rayong Governor Sayumporn Limthai said Saturday.
Tasked with accelerating the government’s overall response and balanced assessment as an independent body under Article 67 of the Constitution to ensure that each project conducts an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and a health impact assessment (HIA), the committee will stay in the province until next Monday, Mr Sayumporn said.
He said provincial officials will gather information on problems faced by people living in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and nearby areas and present them to the panel members during their stay in order to accelerate the process on setting up the independent body.
Initially, it was found that suspending the 65 industrial projects would have a ripple-effect as they would employ more than 30,000 people and affect related businesses in the area including rental homes, retail shops, restaurants, local transport services and construction materials, Mr Sayumporn said.
The Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday upheld the earlier suspension of 65 industrial projects in the country’s largest industrial estate but 11 projects designed to reduce environmental impact problems have received permission to continue operations. (TNA)
Tasked with accelerating the government’s overall response and balanced assessment as an independent body under Article 67 of the Constitution to ensure that each project conducts an environmental impact assessment (EIA) and a health impact assessment (HIA), the committee will stay in the province until next Monday, Mr Sayumporn said.
He said provincial officials will gather information on problems faced by people living in the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate and nearby areas and present them to the panel members during their stay in order to accelerate the process on setting up the independent body.
Initially, it was found that suspending the 65 industrial projects would have a ripple-effect as they would employ more than 30,000 people and affect related businesses in the area including rental homes, retail shops, restaurants, local transport services and construction materials, Mr Sayumporn said.
The Supreme Administrative Court on Wednesday upheld the earlier suspension of 65 industrial projects in the country’s largest industrial estate but 11 projects designed to reduce environmental impact problems have received permission to continue operations. (TNA)
