VILLAGERS in Nong Nam Daeng subdistrict, Pak Chong district, Nakhon Ratchasima province, aka Korat, asked the media to draw attention to investors felling trees and building a road through a lush mountain as local authorities have not taken any action, PPTVHD36 said today (June 6).
While uncertain whether the land is privately owned, the villagers pointed out that in the 50 years they have lived in this area it has always been a heavily forested mountain without a road running through.
However, over the past two to three months both small and large vehicles have encroached the area and cut down trees, thus destroying the forest, to build this road.
The villagers mentioned that they complained to the Forestry Department in Nakhon Ratchasima, but nothing has been done, with the investors continuing building the road.
They then appealed to Nakhon Ratchasima Governor to investigate whether the investors’ action is legal and if they have the necessary documents for constructing this road, but again the issue remains unresolved.
They pointed out that if it is not wrong for capitalists to encroach on the forest and fell trees to build a road then it would also not be wrong for them to encroach and build homes in this forested area.
Reporters inspecting the site found that a six-metre-wide road is indeed being built and so far stretches 500 metres, with a red laterite surface.
Further inspection of nearby area revealed a quarry. The caretaker denied his company was involved in building the road through the mountain, while suspecting that a group of capitalists are building it to move large machinery in to blast rocks in the mountain.
He added that his company had previously filed complaints with government agencies about illegal logging and forest encroachment.
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The road being built through a heavily forested mountain. Photo – PPTVHD36
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