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proceed with conducting an environmental impact assessment and public hearings as local villagers usually refuse to participate,..." The suspension of the project immediately raised suspicions that the move was a ploy by the government to revive its popularity ahead of the 2019 elections after a series of public relations set-backs. A
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National Park. A government source said, "...it is about time to shelve the project because we cannot
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about four kilometres offshore connected by a bridge. The project includes the construction of roads, port facilities and railway lines, all totalling about 4,734 rai (757 hectares).
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of cargo per year as well as supertankers. It would mean that vessels would not have to sail through the
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