Cabinet gives green light to use land in land reform zone for agriculture. Construction of 2 railway projects, totaling 3,455 rai

Cabinet gives green light to use land in land reform zone for agriculture. Construction of 2 railway projects, totaling 3,455 rai, namely the Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong line. and the Ban Phai-Maha Sarakham-Roi Et-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom line

On July 23, 2567, Ms. Kenika Unjit, Deputy Spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office , revealed that the Cabinet meeting on July 23, 2567, approved the use of land in agricultural land reform areas for the construction of the Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong railway line, totaling approximately 1,537-3-04 rai, and the construction of the Ban Phai-Maha Sarakham-Roi Et-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom railway line, totaling approximately 1,917-3-75 rai, by the State Railway of Thailand (SRT).

So that SRT can carry out construction projects within the specified time frame. And the Agricultural Land Reform Committee (Agricultural Land Reform Committee) will continue to consider granting consent or permission to use the land as required by law, as proposed by the Agricultural Land Reform Committee.

The PDRC reported that the construction project for the Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong railway line and the Ban Phai-Maha Sarakham-Roi Et-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom railway construction project of the SRT. Both projects are government projects that the Cabinet has previously approved to proceed with. This is of general benefit to the country in terms of developing transportation infrastructure and logistics systems. and it is necessary to request consent or permission to use land in the land reform area in order to proceed with construction The main points can be summarized as follows.

1. Den Chai-Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong railway construction project It is a project to construct a new double-track railway. which covers an area of ​​4 provinces, 17 districts, 59 sub-districts, divided into

• Railway distance 323.10 kilometers, 4 railway tunnels, total 14.415 kilometers.
• The average height of the double track is 4 meters. There are 13 train stops.
  • 9 small train stations
  • 4 large railway stations, totaling 6 stations
  • 5 container yards
  • Railway crossing roads, 39 locations
  • There are 103 roads under railway tracks.
  • Install signaling and telecommunications systems and built two fences along the side of the railway line.

Later, SRT signed 3 construction contracts for the said project, namely Contract 1, Den Chai-Ngao section, Contract 2, Ngao-Chiang Rai section, and Contract 3, Chiang Rai-Chiang Khong. The area of ​​the project that requires consent or permission to use land in the land reform area is 1,537-3-04 rai.

2. Railway construction project Ban Phai-Maha Sarakham-Roi Et-Mukdahan-Nakhon Phanom line It is a project to construct 2 new railway routes covering 6 provinces, 19 districts, 70 sub-districts, divided into 1) a ground level railway with a distance of 346 kilometers, with an average height of 4 meters, and 2) an elevated railway structure of 9 kilometers.

Along with the construction of 12 train stops, 9 small train stations, 5 medium-sized train stations, and 4 large train stations, for a total of 18 stations, there are 3 container yards and a container storage area. 3 locations, 81 locations of elevated railway crossing roads, 245 locations of underpass roads.

Including the installation of signaling and telecommunications systems. and built two fences along the road along the railway line. Later, SRT signed two construction contracts for the said project, namely Contract No. 2 Ban Phai - Nong Phok and Contract No. 1 Nong Phok - Mittraphap Bridge 2. The project area is Must request consent or request permission to use land in the land reform area 3 -1,917-3 rai

Both projects total 2-3,455-2 rai.

The implementation of SRT's railway construction project for both routes must be carried out in the agricultural land reform zone, with a total area of ​​approximately 2-3,455-2 rai. SRT, who wishes to use the land, must submit Request for consent or request for permission to use land in the land reform area to the C.P.C. before handing over the area to the contractor for construction.

However, before the CCSA will consider granting consent or allowing the use of land in the agricultural land reform area, it must present it to the Cabinet in order to pass a resolution approving the use of land in the land reform area to carry out the said project first so that The CCSA can consider granting consent or allowing SRT to use the land as required by law to carry out the said project successfully and in line with government policy.

As a result of the implementation of this project, the government lost some land for agricultural land reform. and affects farmers who received land allocation from agricultural land reform. But at the same time The Agricultural Land Reform Office (Agricultural Land Reform Office) will provide the SRT, which is the applicant for land use. Compensate or pay compensation for the loss of opportunities from using land for railway construction to farmers who have been allocated land from ALRO according to the agreement between SRT and affected farmers. which is determined as an amount of money or other benefits as compensation for damage caused by the deprivation of farmers' rights. or the loss of the opportunity to use the land of those farmers who have rights to that land

And when permission is granted to use the land according to the law, SRT must send land use compensation to the ALRO to be put into the Agricultural Land Reform Fund in accordance with the Agricultural Land Reform Act. without having to send it to the treasury as national revenue in accordance with the regulations of the C.P.R.C. on the criteria, methods, and conditions for the use and compensation for land use in the land reform area, B.E. 2561 and the additional amendments by ALRO will use the said compensation as revolving capital to carry out land reform to benefit farmers and people in the land reform area.

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