Appeal to halt construction
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A Ratchaburi environmental group yesterday presented a 4,000-signature appeal against construction of the Ratchaburi World Cogeneration's power plant to Senate natural resource and environment committee chairman Surachai Liangboonlertchai.
The group wanted the Senate committee to check progress of their request to investigate and temporarily halt the building of a small power plant in the Ratchaburi Industrial Estate area that would affect people in 11 tambons.
Surachai said he would raise a question in Parliament over the plans. Thailand had only one such project for four provinces, leading to questions on land readjustment, land polling and also on flood issues as some industrial plants would be allowed in flood-retention areas
