Northern Thailand news headlines - Page 52

Asian highway Route AH1, AH2 and Thailand Route 32 in Ayutthaya

North

March 11, 2023

Industrial waste dumped in industrial park linked to Ayutthaya recycling plant

Thailand’s Pollution Control Department has traced the industrial waste, found in a confiscated truck, to a waste recycling plant in Ayutthaya province, according to Pitaya Pramotvoraphan, deputy director-general of the department. The truck, still loaded with industrial waste, was impounded at the Song Khon Tambon Administration Organisation (TAO) in Saraburi, after it was caught discharging […]

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Phanthai Norasing in Mueang Samut Sakhon District, Thailand

North

March 8, 2023

One dead, another seriously injured in Samut Sakhon plane crash

The president of the Friends Flying Club in Samut Sakhon province died and his companion suffered serious injuries when their two-seater plane crashed into a tree before plunging into a shrimp pond in Mueang district this morning (Wednesday). The deceased man has been identified as 55-year-old “Prakit” and the other person as a 45-year-old female […]

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North

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Huge Haul of Meth Pills, Crystal Meth Seized in Lampang

LAMPANG, March 7 (TNA) – The police seized three milllion methamphetamine pills and almost 300 kilogrammes of crystal meth, also known as ice in two drug cases, said Pol Lt Piya Tavichai, commissioner of Provincial Police Region 5. On March 2, local police intercepted two million methamphetamine pills, 297 kg of “ice” and 20 kg […]

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Garbage in a area of an operating landfill

North

March 8, 2023March 8, 2023

Emissions from landfills in Lop Buri and Sa Kaeo affecting thousands

Thousands of residents in Hua Samrong sub-district in Lop Buri Province have been complaining about smoke and a foul odour emanating from a burning landfill operated by the municipal office of Tha Wung sub-district. Many have complained that the smell and smoke are penetrating their houses, even though they have closed their doors and windows, […]

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North

March 7, 2023

Haze pollution and blazes hit North

Haze pollution is exceeding safe levels in 36 provinces, particularly in the North, while Bangkok and surrounding provinces will remain blanketed in smog for two more days. Jatuporn Buruspat, permanent secretary for the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, said on Monday that ultra-fine dust particles (PM2.5) have remained at critical levels in the North […]

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Thai Police Car, Isuzu D-max in Chachoengsao Province

North

March 1, 2023

Criminologists doubt teenage mother’s claim that she put her baby in a canal

Two Thai criminologists say they doubt the claim by the teenage mother of the missing 8-month-old boy, who claims to have disposed of her child in a canal near home in Nakhon Pathom province. Dr. Trynh Phoraksa, a lecturer in criminology at the Faculty of Sociology and Anthropology at Mahidol University, told Thai PBS that […]

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North

March 1, 2023

Forest fires ravage Northern Thailand

CHIANG MAI: A total of 2,201 hotspots were detected across the North on Tuesday, most of them in conservation forests, the Region 3 centre for prevention and mitigation of air pollution reported on Wednesday. Of the total, 1,388 hotspots were in the upper part of the region and 813 in the lower North. Full story: […]

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North

February 27, 2023

Two elephants rescued from sink hole in Kanchanaburi forest

A backhoe and a team of veterinarians in a forest in Thong Pha Phum district of Kanchanaburi province have helped an elephant and its calf to get out of sink hole, in which they had become trapped. Officials of the Lam Khlong Ngu National Park were informed by villagers yesterday (Sunday) that they found the […]

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