Industrial waste dumped in rice field
WATTANANAKORN district police in Sa Kaeo Province are looking for a truck driver who has been dumping industrial waste into a pond in the middle of a rice field owned by a private investor, the Thai-language daily Matichon reported today (June 13, 2018).
“I have seen the truck entering the rice field from time to time. I sneaked in and saw electronic pieces in the pond,” a local farmer told police investigators.
The dump site is about 100 meters from the wall of a Buddhist temple and monks are concerned that the industrial garbage may contaminate their artesian well.
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Top: Officials checking the pond where the industrial waste has been dumped. Photo: Matichon
By Songpol Kaopatumtip
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