Over 100 city workers are put to work
removing dirty rocks from Wong Amat Beach.
Warunya Thongrod
More than 100 city workers removed dirty rocks in a cleanup of Wong
Amat Beach.
Environment Department Director Suthee Thupnonghee led workers to scoop
up smelly stones washed ashore by the tide. They posed hazards to
tourists and gave off a foul odor from decaying algae.
Wong Amat is the first of the area beaches to get a scrubbing. Similar
work is planned on Jomtien Beach, the Naklua bridge area and around the
Dusit curve on Pattaya Beach.
Suthee said seasonal currents were responsible for bringing the stones
ashore. The rock will be used as landfill in the national sports stadium
site in Jomtien Beach.
