BANGKOK, May 23 (TNA) – The sand refilling project at
Samila beach in Songkhla will be finished in late June.
Chulalongkorn University’s Department of Geology
lecturer, Prof. Thanawat Jarupongsakul said that the project is 70-80 per cent
complete.
Samila beach and Chalathat beach are eroded by storm
waves, particularly during the monsoon season from October to February. The
impact of severe erosion was seen into the road along the shoreline.
According to the study, he said the sand was swept onto
Son-aon Cape near the Songkla River estuary, about eight
kilometres from Samila beach.
The work to move the sand back from the cape through
the pipe to refill Samila and Chalathat beaches will be finished late next month,
ahead of the monsoon season.
The lecturer said climate change and more frequent
monsoon winds have effects on coastal erosion at Samila beach.
The beach restoration cannot happen naturally and the
studies showed that sand refilling has to be done at Samila beach every ten
years.
Samila beach is the tourist destination, popular among locals
and tourists from Malaysia and Singapore.
After the sand refilling there is finished, Jomtien beach
will be the next location for the sand refilling project. (TNA)
