People living around a landfill on Samui Island are planning to file a lawsuit to demand compensation from the municipality, the city mayor and the governor of Surat Thani for health threats posed by the landfill.
On July 18th, the Nakhon Si Thammarat Administrative Court ordered the Samui municipality, the mayor and the governor of Surat Thani to dispose of the garbage, get rid of the foul smell emanating it and treat the waste water leaking out within 180 days. They are also to report to the court on the progress of the disposal efforts every 30 days.
The affected people there are, however, doubtful that the problems can be resolved within 180 days, as ordered by the court, citing the fact that there are about 200,000 tonnes of garbage in the landfill and, worse still, another 150 tonnes are being dumped there every day.
An incinerator was built at a cost of about 500 million…
