Klity Creek villagers awarded Bt3.8m - The Nation: PCD ordered to clean up lead-contaminated area
After a 15-year legal battle, villagers living near Kanchanaburi’s lead-contaminated Klity Creek have finally scored a decisive victory over the state pollution-control agency in the country’s first environmental case to see a final court ruling.
The Supreme Administrative Court yesterday ordered the Pollution Control Department (PCD) to pay a combined Bt3.8 million in compensation to 22 villagers living around Klity Creek and to rehabilitate their local environment. The PCD is now required to draw up a rehabilitation plan for tainted water, soil and vegetables and monitor its implementation for a year until the lead levels drop to standard levels.
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