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Klity Creek residents renew demand for lead removal
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 16/01/2024
» KANCHANABURI: Long-suffering residents of Klity Creek affected by lead pollution in Thong Pha Phum district are stepping up pressure on the Pollution Control Department (PCD) to get rid of the remaining toxic sediment.
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Villagers call for help as dumped tourist garbage blocks road
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 03/11/2022
» KANCHANABURI: Residents of a border village in the tourist district of Sangkhla Buri are calling for urgent action against lazy garbage truck drivers dumping their loads on a local road instead of at the nearby rubbish tip.
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Mass fish deaths leave farmers in deep trouble
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 24/01/2021
» KANCHANABURI: More than 100 tonnes of fish raised in baskets in the reservoir of Vachiralongkorn Dam in Thong Pha Phum district have died from an unknown cause, leaving fish farmers with losses of about 15 million baht.
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Ten tonnes of smuggled onions burned in Kanchanaburi
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 08/07/2018
» KANCHABURI: Soldiers from the Surasee Task Force and customs officials from Sangkhla Buri district of this western border province on Sunday oversaw the burning of 10,800 kilogrammes of smuggled onions.
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PCD under fire over 'slow' clean-up effort
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 10/04/2018
» The Pollution Control Department (PCD) has been accused of dragging its feet in cleaning up the heavily polluted Klity Creek in Kanchanaburi, still unfinished after a Supreme Administrative Court order five years ago.
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Disposal of huge piles of trash in Kanchaburi begins
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 10/05/2017
» KANCHANABURI -- Military authorities, local leaders and residents in 18 communities on Wednesday began disposing of an accumulated one million tonnes of garbage at a dump site in Muang district under a plan to turn the area into demonstration sites for tree planting and producing fertiliser from waste.
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Dig row triggers land seizure
News, Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 27/09/2014
» Officials on Thursday confiscated 800 rai of hilltop forest areas in Kanchanaburi for investigation, responding to a complaint by local residents who accused a private firm of seeking minerals in the forest.
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Crop of harmony
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 16/07/2014
» Kanchanaburi has claimed to be the first province to help its rice farmers all by itself by encouraging market-oriented production.
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Japan treasure hunters arrested
Piyarat Chongcharoen, Published on 25/04/2014
» KANCHANABURI - Forestry officials on Friday arrested four men who were searching for Japanese treasure believed to have been left in the province since World War II.
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