The Thai canal project is unlikely to be put to rest, despite the House of Representatives last week rejecting a study into the proposal, says an activist working on environmental issues.
Somboon Khamhaeng, member of the NGO Coordinating Committee on Development, said the House’s rejection of the report caught him by surprise, but he believed something went wrong in the lobbying process.
The project was likely to resurface in future administrations as the project involved massive investments. He said about 10 billion baht was earmarked alone for the project’s feasibility study, which made it highly attractive.
Previously known as the Kra Canal project, the Thai canal project was brought up under almost every government, but has never come to fruition due to high investment costs, the likely impacts on environment and people’s livelihoods.
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