Bangkok’s Luang Phaeng highway collapse spurs urgent motion for improved oversight

A dialogue unfolded within the House of Representatives yesterday, centred on an urgent movement following the catastrophic collapse of an under-construction elevated street on Luang Phaeng Road the night earlier than.
The motion was brought forth by Theerarat Samrejvanich of the Pheu Thai Party, a consultant for Bangkok. During the assembly, Theerarat asked for cooperation from companies related to the venture to collaboratively determine the incident’s trigger and to develop methods to stop such tragedies sooner or later. The collapse occurred within the district of Lat Krabang.
Theerarat additionally implored the involved authorities to problem truthful compensation to the impacted individuals, deeming the three,500 baht that the construction firms issued to accident victims, to handle their monthly home lease, as insufficient. She urged the culprits responsible for the development of the street to regain the belief of the motorists using their infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Surachet Praweewongwut, a listed MP for the Forward Party, insisted on the importance of acquiring extra knowledge and proof surrounding the incident to extract useful classes. He also advised a evaluation of the consortium shaped by a pair of construction companies to evaluate if they are nonetheless apt to deal with comparable building tasks.
Surachet added that the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) must provide clarification relating to the permission awarded to the contractors for utilizing precast concrete parts procured from a manufacturing unit, as an alternative of resorting to on-site moulding as demanded by the contract. The extent of the project’s supervision also wants to be disclosed based on Surachet.
Accessible , a councillor for Lat Krabang district and a member of the Pheu Thai, yesterday advised an pressing movement to the Bangkok Metropolitan Council to ascertain a unprecedented committee. This committee would oversee other important infrastructure tasks undertaken by the BMA.
Although many 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 main regulatory physique for large-scale projects in Bangkok..