BANGKOK, 11 November 2014 – The Department of Lands has indicated it is looking to issue as many as 30,000 land deeds in the three southern border provinces and areas in the vicinity of Budo – Su-ngai Padi National Park to facilitate efforts to quell unrest in the Deep South.
Department director-general Siriphong Hantrakun revealed on Monday that his department was moving quickly to issue land certificates for land plots in the Deep South that already had certificates of utilization or other types of certificates. Department officials will also consider issuing the title deeds for land without any certificates but which has been practically claimed by the local residents. The drive is meant to grant locals the right to land that they have been living on, and reduce conflicts on interest stemming from land use. Locals will also be able to use title deeds as collateral when taking out loans.
Mr. Siriphong said that over the past 4 months, his department had been able to issue land certificates for 225 plots of land out of the 30,000 target plots. The aim is to finish the issuance within 2018.
