Huay Yai residents say the Pattaya Floating Market is flooding their neighborhoods by improperly managing vacant land next to the Pattaya tourist attraction.
Residents along Sukhumvit Soi 83 are complaining that Floating Market management has continually filled property it owns near the park, raising it to a higher level than surrounding land. But because the land-filling has been uneven and sporadic, large lakes form after heavy rain.
The lakes then overflow and all the water runs downhill into their yards.
Resident Somnuek Huayai, 70, said the land at issue had been public property for generations in Huay Yai, but was bought by the floating market several years ago.
Fellow resident Pensri Hianchasri also complained that the market has illegally blocked roads near the vacant land since September last year.
Both residents have filed complaints with the local government, which promised to investigate.
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