Prime minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has put the bracks on a plan to cut down 2,000 teak trees in Chiang Mai for the construction of the new parliament building, following opposition from residents.
The decision was revealed Tuesday by acting Royal Forest Department chief Pralong Dumrongthai.
He said the prime minister telephone National Resources and Environment Minister Surasak Karnjanarat to stop the plan to chop down the trees at a teak plantation in Mae Ho Phra forest park, which is owned by the FIO in Chaing Mai’s Doi Saket district.
He said the Forestry Industry Organisation [FIO] was contracted by the new parliament construction project contractor to supply 2,000 teak trees to be used in the construction of the 12-billion-bath complex in the Kiakkai area of Bangkok