Workers from city hall cut
tree branches along Jomtien Beach to keep tourists and locals safe from
falling branches in the rainy season.
Urasin Khantaraphan and Surasak Huasoon
Pattaya has a lot of trees, so city workers were out again for
the seemingly weekly chore of cutting back branches.
This time about 20 workers pulled into Dongtan Beach Sept. 6 to trim
branches to prevent them from breaking and injuring people during rainy
season storms. It also prevents them from knocking down power lines.
The tree branches won’t take very long to bloom out again after the
cutting, which will change the scenery of the area to make it look more
tidy and clean. The branch cutting is organized every year to maintain
the area and keep the trees friendly to the beach.
Bamrung Boontaeng, head of the branch-cutting unit, said that the orders
to cut the trees were directly from the engineering unit of the
Environment Department because Thailand is experiencing the rainy
season.
The large cut branches can be used for other purposes such as turning
into coal. The team will continue to cut tree branches in the Dongtan
Beach area first, and will then move down towards Jomtien Beach and
other public areas as well.
