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Dear friends,
We reconfirm about this news. Today, AOP end their protest in front of the
Government House after the Government signed an agreement to solve thir
problem. For the Pak Mun dam, the new committee was establised by Taksin
Government, last week. This commitee agreed to open the dam gates for 4
months, the same was recommended by the former committee established by
Chuan Governmet. However, we still waiting for Government to comply with
the agreement.
At Pak Mun Dam, the villagers still hold the protest at the dam site. We
hope the dam gate will be open in this monsoon and fish will return to the
Mun river again.
Happy Songkran Festival (Thai New Year or Water Festival)
SEARIN
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Two-year rally ends after government signs accord
Ampa Santimetaneedol, Bangkok Post 12, 2001
Thousands of Assembly of the Poor members will return home today after the
government signed an agreement to solve their problems, ending a
two-year-long protest outside Government House.
Paichit Sinlarak, a representative of the Assembly of the Poor, said all
the protesting farmers will return to their home towns, but said villagers
wanted Prime Minister's Office Minister Chaturon Chaisaeng to confirm the
agreement would be strictly adhered to.
Under the terms, spillways of Pak Moon Dam in Ubon Ratchathani will be
opened during May-August for an environmental impact assessment. A decision
will then be made on whether to allow an indefinite spillway opening.
The government will appoint a panel to search for plots covering 15 rai
each as new homes for over 400 families affected by the construction of
Sirindhorn Dam.
Tests will also be conducted to measure the volume of dust particles in the
air in communities around Lam Ta Khong Dam in the wake of rock blasting.
Wanida Tantiwittayapitak, an adviser to the Assembly of the Poor, said the
agreement had been endorsed by the cabinet and signed by the premier's
secretary-general Prommin Saengsuridej.
The government agreed with all points of the assembly's proposal and would
set up committees representing the state and villagers to tackle problems
facing the poor in 25 cases.
She estimated each problem could be solved within a year.
It was reported the protestors' trips home will begin this morning, using
trucks hired by the government.
Thousands of villagers have been displaced by dam projects and have no
permanent homes. Around 1,000 of them will have to set up shelters on the
edge of Pak Moon Dam in Ubon Ratchathani.
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