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Cases / Protected area / relocation · Thailand · 2016–2018

Bangkok canal programme tied embankment works to moving all families

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Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 3 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

A Bangkok canal programme on the Lat Phrao and Prem Prachakorn canals covered 11,004 households with 4.1 billion baht in 2016 to 2018, and embankment construction was tied to all families moving, the Bangkok Post reported. The sources reviewed do not describe its effect on canal water or ecology.

What?
The Lat Phrao and Prem Prachakorn canal programme covered 11,004 households with 4.1 billion baht, per the Bangkok Post. Bangkok Post
Where?
Lat Phrao and Prem Prachakorn canals, Bangkok, Thailand Bangkok Post
When?
2016 to 2018 Bangkok Post
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
  • Households on the canals — Required to move before embankment construction; some rebuilt nearby through Baan Mankong Bangkok Post
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
Canal works with embankment construction conditional on families moving; some communities rebuilt nearby through Baan Mankong. Bangkok Post
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What happened

The record, in order.

The Bangkok Post reported that the programme on the Lat Phrao and Prem Prachakorn canals covered 11,004 households with 4.1 billion baht.

Embankment construction was made conditional on all families moving, the Bangkok Post reported.

Some communities were rebuilt nearby through the Baan Mankong programme, according to the same report.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say how many households were moved away and how many were rebuilt nearby.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not describe how the canal works changed water quality or wildlife.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not name the agency that ran the programme.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

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