Govt was warned: dam plan violates the law
Before Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's government gave the goahead to the Mae Wong Dam project on April 10, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Preecha Rengsomboonsuk warned the Cabinet in a ministerial letter the project would violate national park law and destroy over 13,000 rai of forest.
The ministerial letter, issued on March 23 and signed by Preecha, was sent to the Cabinet secretary and told of the ministry's concerns over the Mae Wong Dam.
It said the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry was worried dam construction inside Nakhon Sawan province's Mae Wong National Park would damage 13,000 rai of forest. Moreover, the project would violate the 1961 National Park Act, which does not allow any individual to carry out activities affecting natural resources inside a national park.
The Mae Wong Dam project will be located at Sob Kok Mountain in Mae Wong district's Tambon Mae Lay, and Khanu Woralaksaburi district's Tambon Pang Ma Kha in Khampaeng Phet province. The project is about 300 metres above sea level and will be set in a lowland forest with high biodiversity. This forest - connected with the western forest complex - protects water resources and habitats for wildlife.
In the letter, the ministry also noted the Mae Wong Dam project is classified as a construction likely to be harmful to the environment requiring an environmental health impact assessment (EIA) following the ministerial announcement
Sources:
The Nation
The ministerial letter, issued on March 23 and signed by Preecha, was sent to the Cabinet secretary and told of the ministry's concerns over the Mae Wong Dam.
It said the Natural Resources and Environment Ministry was worried dam construction inside Nakhon Sawan province's Mae Wong National Park would damage 13,000 rai of forest. Moreover, the project would violate the 1961 National Park Act, which does not allow any individual to carry out activities affecting natural resources inside a national park.
The Mae Wong Dam project will be located at Sob Kok Mountain in Mae Wong district's Tambon Mae Lay, and Khanu Woralaksaburi district's Tambon Pang Ma Kha in Khampaeng Phet province. The project is about 300 metres above sea level and will be set in a lowland forest with high biodiversity. This forest - connected with the western forest complex - protects water resources and habitats for wildlife.
In the letter, the ministry also noted the Mae Wong Dam project is classified as a construction likely to be harmful to the environment requiring an environmental health impact assessment (EIA) following the ministerial announcement
Sources:
The Nation
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