“Somsak” slams “Kaeng Suea Ten Dam Opposition Group” for being narrow-minded, asks for sympathy for Sukhothai people

"Somsak" slams "Kaeng Suea Ten Dam Opposition Group" for being narrow-minded, saying that they should talk to each other sometimes, complaining that they burn his effigy every time there is a trend, until it has burned countless times, asking for sympathy for Sukhothai people who have already moved their homes and are out of debt because they cannot handle the water. Mr. Somsak Thepsuthin, Minister of Public Health, said about the proposal to build Kaeng Suea Ten that when talking about the issue of large dams in the Yom River basin, we should not criticize government agencies, but should find experts to judge. He told ONWR to find a central agency, such as the World Bank, to analyze. We have to look at the damage to the upstream. In terms of living conditions, such as in Sa-iap area, Phrae Province, there will be violence because people love their home and feel that they have been damaged. But along the Yom River, the people who are most damaged are the government sector because they have to come out to co mpensate. Including the people who sympathize with the flood victims and go to help with food, especially Sukhothai Province, which has received a lot of care from the public sector and the government sector. Therefore, I would like to thank all parties who went to help. Mr. Somsak added that the group that opposes the construction of the Kaeng Suea Ten Dam comes to burn the effigy every time there is a trend. It is too narrow-minded. If you are narrow-minded like this, you cannot solve the problem. You should bring in a central agency to help look into it. If no one can say anything, the people of Phrae Province and Sukhothai Province are affected by the flood. I live in Sukhothai and have been teased all the time about the rock dam. This time, I would like to ask for a 9,000-meter rock dam in the area of ??3 districts that has been eroded. We must build a rock dam for the wall.' 'Every time there is a talk about the Kaeng Suea Ten Dam, there will be a burning of an effigy. I don't know how many times they burned me. You are so narrow-minded. Let's talk about it.' Mr. Somsak also said that if the Kaeng Suea Ten Dam can produce electricity, which according to the principle, the Kaeng Suea Ten Dam is suitable for electricity production because it is more than 60 meters high, when the water falls down, it will have the force to produce a lot of electricity. When it is sold, the money can be shared with the people in the area by calculating a percentage, which may be a new idea. Even though there is damage, but will receive compensation from income for life. Therefore, we should face each other and talk. But I will not talk about this myself because I do not have a direct duty. But I am speaking as someone who is affected. Because the Sukhothai people that I know in Si Samrong and Mueang Districts have all moved to other places because they 'can't fight the water.' Only I am left because I am a politician who was born there. I can't move anywhere. Others have moved to grow up. Those who have studied and have a fou ndation, no one stays in Sukhothai Province because they can't fight the flood. Source: Thai News Agency