Pattaya locals protest storage plant construction

As reported by ThaiQuest and Pattaya Mail, the Phoemsap Thavee Gas Service Limited company had planned to construct an LPG gas storage plant in the Banglamung district, but was met with the amplified cries of over 200 locals who vehemently protested the plant.

A petition was passed around and over 500 residents added their signatures, including not only local citizens, but private sector employees as well as civil servants.

The biggest reason for the outcry is that the proposed location is in a residential area, just next to a school and the public fears the possible side effects and repercussions of storing such a substance so close their homes and where their children spend their days.

One resident pointed out that the proposed building would be illegal since the site had already been declared a green zone by the city council.

Phoemsap Thavee Gas Service Limited’s managing director Wanchai Saelim assured the protestors that the licence had been procured with full adherence to local law, and that the plant would be very safe.

Under current laws, such plants can be constructed within city limits, as long as they keep at least 60 metres between them and people’s homes.