Villagers call for help as dumped tourist garbage blocks road

Garbage dumped along the concrete road before the entrance to the rubbish tip at Phra Chedi Sam Ong village in Sangkhla Buri district of Kanchanaburi gives off a foul stench, attracts millions of flies and blocks access to rubber and oil palm plantations. (Photo: Piyarat Chongcharoen)

KANCHANABURI: Residents of a border village in the tourist district of Sangkhla Buri are calling for urgent action against lazy garbage truck drivers dumping their loads on a local road instead of at the nearby rubbish tip.

They say the tonnes of rotting rubbish not only generates a foul smell and attracts vermin, it blocks their access to nearby rubber and oil palm plantations.