ENVIRONMENT
Group vows battle over eco-estate
- Published: 2 Nov 2012 at 00.00
- Newspaper section: Business
IRPC Plc's ecological industrial estate plan for Rayong province has won the nod by the Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) to begin construction amid warnings by a non-profit group that the legal fight is not finished.
Srisuwan Janya, chairman of the Stop Global Warming Association (SGWA), said his group in September filed another lawsuit against the Ban Khai estate, requesting the court revoke the project's environmental impact assessment (EIA).
"The company has no right to develop the project because the second case has yet to be ruled," he said, adding that if the company insists on further development, the group may file a complaint with the Administrative Court asking for protection until the verdict on the second case is issued.
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