NCPO okays garbage disposal and housing projects
The National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has earmarked Bt526 million for its garbage-disposal roadmap that will be implemented in six provinces and has also approved the National Housing Authority (NHA)'s Bt30-billion investment to boost the qualit
NCPO spokesman Colonel Winthai Suwaree said that in the NCPO’s 12th meeting yesterday Prime Minister and NCPO chief General Prayuth Chan-ocha focused on systematic garbage management and placed importance on the production of alternative energy using waste.
In response to this, the NCPO’s social and psychology division proposed a roadmap for the disposal of garbage and hazardous waste as well as an action plan for critical areas.
The NCPO also approved the PM’s Office regulation for garbage-disposal issues in Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Ayutthaya, Lop Buri, Samut Prakan and Sara Buri, which will be funded with Bt526 million from the central budget’s reserve fund for emergencies.
Winthai went on to say that Prayuth also wanted to boost the quality of life for people living in slums, for which the public sector would have to join hands with the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) and Social Development and Human Security Ministry to provide appropriate housing.
Hence, projects such as the NHA housing development plan need to be created to cater the rising demand. The NCPO later approved in principle the NHA’s investment plan for first phase of housing development comprising 38 projects covering 16,146 units.
The investment for the first phase is estimated at around Bt9.576 billion – combined subsidies of Bt1.249 billion, domestic loans of Bt7.113 billion and NHA income of Bt1.214 billion. The Finance Ministry will manage, be a loan guarantor and approve the Bt1.249 billion in subsidies, Winthai said.
He added that this was in line with the 2011 Cabinet resolution, which aimed to revive NHA. The agency had submitted its investment plan for Cabinet approval since October 3, 2013, he said.
