LAO BORDER
CHIANG RAI : Residents of Chiang Saen district finally have a semblance of peace and quiet after complaining about the noise from rock-blasting to prepare a site for a new casino, hotel and two golf courses across the Mekong river in Laos. Provincial governor Worachai Uttamachai said the earth-shaking din came from Ton Pueng town, which is opposite Ban Sob Ruak in Chiang Saen.
He said the hotel and casino complex and golf courses were being built on 10,000 rai of land, and the noise was making life unbearable for people living within a one-kilometre radius of the construction site.
The explosions were so powerful that window panes had been broken in many houses in Ban Sob Ruak.
Residents had complained of their plight to Chiang Saen district chief Somwang Rungtrakulchai.
The district office sent a letter advising the developers of the trouble, and the noise level had since been reduced.
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