“I am honoured to hand out land rights to farmers today,” Srettha said. “The Defence Ministry and the armed forces are cooperating with the policy as they have plenty of land.”
The land under the Nong Wua So model covers 10,000 rai (1,600 hectares) under the control of the 24th Army Province and Third Artillery Regiment, which are allowed by the Treasury Department to use 40,000 rai for war exercises and artillery training.
The 10,000 rai allocated to farmers is well away from the artillery fire training range.
A total of 434 families applied for the use of 584 plots of land for farming.
Srettha said the armed forces had sped up the implementation of the policy, leading to the handover on Monday. He said more land rights will be handed to farmers in Nakhon Phanom, Samut Prakan and Kanchanaburi, adding that the Royal Thai Navy and Air…
