BANGKOK, June 17 — Thailand’s National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO) has ordered a revision of 28 mega-projects, each worth more than Bt1 billion, and initiated and proposed by the previous government led by ex-Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.
Army Comptroller Office permanent secretary Gen Anantaporn Karnchanarat, in his capacity as chairman of the committee to follow up and inspect state spending, said Tuesday that the NCPO has agreed with the committee’s suggestion in ordering 28 projects which required more than Bt1 billion worth of investment to be revised and the new plans be handed back to the committee before June 30 for further consideration by the NCPO.
The senior official said the main of objective of the order was for all project plans to be revised for to be more appropriate, particularly regarding spending and the proper market price. He emphasized to concerned agencies to set up a new market price that is fair.
Gen Anantaporn said that two out of the total 28 would probably be canceled, including investment in building a reservoir in the central region by the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) and the Free Tablet for Elementary Students Project by the Education Ministry, as the ministry has said it needed the funding to invest in other projects more appropriate for students.
