Three more sites found encroaching
Officials from Nakhon Ratchasima's Thap Lan National Park have discovered three more resorts and vacation homes covering about 10 rai in Wang Nam Kheow district to be within the frame of encroachment and are planning check details using satellite images,
The officials are also preparing to take legal action against the owners of 116 sites in Tambon Thai Samakkhee and Tambon Wang Nam Kheow after the Songkran Festival. If the three new locations are found to be encroaching, officials will add them to the 116 cases for prosecution, he added.
Nuwat said so far seven resorts in Prachin Buri’s Na Di district and Nakhon Ratchasima’s Wang Nam Kheow district had been demolished under court order. The court had ruled that 14 of the places be torn down, but since the owners of the sites have not yet shown up, officials will have seek funds for the demolition from the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department. He said officials had also taken action against 274 people over charges of land encroachment.
