Mekong Conservation Groups in Chiang Rai Want Written Proof that Blasting Project Scrapped

Members of the Rak Chiang Khong Conservation Group and other environmentalists still remain uneasy despite Thailand’s Foreign Ministry assurance that the navigation channel improvement project had been scrapped.

Rak Chiang Khong and residents along the Mekong river are asking that the Thai Government make an official written public document declaring an official end to this controversial islet blasting project.

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