Transit project pact accepted

Transit project pact accepted

BANGKOK (AFP): A leading Thai environmentalist has accepted a
court brokered disclosure agreement and withdrawn a lawsuit that
sought to block construction of a mass transit system in Bangkok,
a statement seen yesterday said.

Chodchoy Sophonpanich accepted the agreement proposed on
Thursday by the Civil Court here and dropped the suit against the
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, according to the statement
released by her office.

The agreement requires BMA and the private Bangkok Transit
System Corp. (BTSC) to give Chodchoy details about the 24-
kilometer (14.9-mile), $1. 3-billion elevated rail system that
BTSC is building in the capital.

Among other things, the city administration must reveal what
effects the construction and operation of the system will have on
the environment and on Bangkok residents. Chodchoy, president of
the Thai Environmental Association, had been joined in the suit
by 74 other plaintiffs.