Sattahip officials are promising to prosecute truckers carting soil dug up from a Plutaluang village unless action is taken to cut down on dust allegedly causing respiratory problems in neighborhood children.
Residents of Plutaluang Village 6 filed complaints with Sattahip District and Plutaluang Sub-District July 10, saying 10-wheeled trucks carrying soil dug out of a construction project in Plutaluang Village 8 were throwing dirt and dust into the air along the road linking Samor Thong Village and Tungprong Temple.
Residents say 10-wheeled trucks carrying soil are throwing dirt and dust into the air, causing respiratory problems in neighborhood children.
Samniang Geerasi, 46, said the dust has caused allergic and asthma problems for her eight children, with her youngest requiring medication to assist her breathing.
Problems stem from a parcel of land owned by Supin Sohkarn, who obtained a legal permit to dig up soil on his property and sell it outside the area. But large amounts of dirt and dust are being thrown into the air by both the backhoes and the open trucks as they speed down the local roads.
Local officials said they obtained an agreement from the trucking company to spray water on the road and reduce speed to cut down on the dust. If that agreement is breached, officials said, they pledged to prosecute the landowner and trucking companies for causing a nuisance.
