RATCHBURI, Feb 3 – The road linking Bangkok and Thailand’s South was completely blockaded in Wang Manao sub-district today in an intensified protest by disgruntled farmers who demanded the government’s payment for the rice they have sold.
The farmers from six southwestern provinces of Ratchburi, Kanchanaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchburi, Nakhon Pathom and Samut Songkram want the government to pay for the rice delivered already under the Yingluck Shinawatra government’s rice pledging scheme.
Rama II Road was closed on both sides at kms 83-84 in Wang Manao sub-district of Pak Tho district, disrupting traffic between Bangkok and 14 southern provinces.
Farmers said the road would remain blocked until they received payment from the government.
More farmers and supporters of the anti-government People’s Democratic Reform Committee have joined the rally which was kicked off Saturday.
