Amnuai Somphongtham,
chairman of city council’s environment committee, conveys the city’s
unhappiness with Pattaya Clean City Co.’s work in the streets, on
sidewalks and in collecting trash.
Urasin Khantaraphan
Pattaya officials demanded the city’s garbage contractor clean
up its act by hiring more staff and training them better to keep the
city tidy.
Amnuai Somphongtham, chairman of city council’s environment committee,
and other council members met with executives from Pattaya Clean City
Co. Sept. 1 to convey their unhappiness with its work in the streets, on
sidewalks and in collecting trash. Bins are overflowing, litter is
everywhere and the trucks smell, they said.
Council members passed a motion dividing the city into six
garbage-collection zones and demanded Pattaya Clean City hire staff to
work each area from 4 p.m. through midnight and designate a supervisor
to coordinate cleaning services with city hall starting at 6 a.m. each
day.
Council members stressed that more-frequent collection is needed and
more trucks, as well. They complained that when trucks get too full,
waste leaks out, producing foul odors.
It’s not the first time Pattaya officials have complained about the
state of the city’s trash trucks. In 2011, the city said it was
installing additional sludge tanks under each truck to catch the water
and other putrid liquid before it creates a smell “snail trail” on
Pattaya’s streets.
The committee also demanded the contractor hire more staff and equip
them with adequate amounts of working equipment and supplies, including
brooms, bags, trollies, rakes and trash spears. They also must be
trained to know the standards the city demands, particularly those
charged with sweeping streets and sidewalks, officials said.
