Futsal contractors asked to explain degraded pitches
Companies in charge of constructing futsal pitches for 16 schools in Nakhon Ratchasima's Noen Sung district have been given until Thursday to explain why the pitches are prematurely worn and degraded.
Teerasak Viriyakamol, director of the Nakhon Ratchasima Special Audit Office under the Office of the Auditor-General, said his office had almost completed the paperwork on the case. Still pending, though, are results from tests on whether the pitch’s ethylene vinyl acetate playing surface meets the terms of the contract, plus information from the companies’ executives.
Teerasak said his office had asked two of the companies to provide information on October 30 while another had yet to reply to the request. The Special Audit Office, he said, had enough evidence to prosecute the case but would allow the companies a chance to explain themselves.
The office has also arranged for a team of engineers and related officials to examine the futsal pitches thoroughly from November 3-6 in order to gather more evidence to take to court in a bid to secure compensation under the criminal and civil codes, he added.
