Board scraps ToR for B96bn rail plan
The so-called “scrutiny superboard”, overseeing the multi-billion-baht state procurement projects, has decided to scrap the terms of reference for five controversial double-track railway projects as part of its move to eliminate alleged irregularities. New ToR as well as new bidding procedures will be drafted. The decision must be agreed upon by the State Railway of Thailand board before it can be forwarded to the cabinet for a final say. The drafting of the new ToR would then begin. “I’ve already informed the SRT board chairman on the phone about what we’ve decided,” Prasarn Trairatvorakul, the chairman of the scrutiny superboard, said Monday.
