Astonishing unfolded within the House of Representatives yesterday, centred on an urgent motion following the catastrophic collapse of an under-construction elevated highway on Luang Phaeng Road the evening earlier than.
The movement was introduced forth by Theerarat Samrejvanich of the Pheu Thai Party, a representative for Bangkok. During the meeting, Theerarat requested for cooperation from companies associated with the challenge to collaboratively determine the incident’s cause and to develop strategies to forestall such tragedies in the future. The collapse happened in the district of Lat Krabang.
Theerarat additionally implored the involved authorities to concern truthful compensation to the impacted people, deeming the 3,500 baht that the development firms issued to accident victims, to handle their monthly house rent, as insufficient. She urged the culprits liable for the construction of the street to regain the belief of the motorists utilizing their infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Surachet Praweewongwut, a listed MP for the Forward Party, insisted on the importance of acquiring extra information and evidence surrounding the incident to extract useful classes. He also instructed a evaluate of the consortium shaped by a pair of development corporations to evaluate if they’re still apt to handle comparable construction tasks.
Surachet added that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) should provide clarification regarding the permission awarded to the contractors for using precast concrete components procured from a factory, as a substitute of resorting to on-site moulding as demanded by the contract. The extent of the project’s supervision should also be disclosed according to Surachet.
Surajit Pongsingwittaya, a councillor for Lat Krabang district and a member of the Pheu Thai, yesterday instructed an pressing movement to the Bangkok Metropolitan Council to determine a unprecedented committee. This committee would oversee other significant infrastructure tasks undertaken by the BMA.
Although most of the councillors from Bangkok agreed with the proposal, it confronted opposition from Napapon Chirakul, the Democrat councillor for Bangkok Noi district. Napapon expressed his concern that setting such a committee would meddle with the efforts of the BMA’s Committee on Public Works and Utilities, the principle regulatory physique for large-scale initiatives in Bangkok..