Under their noses

Re: “Ministry targets to reclaim 1.6m rai,”

( BP, Feb 18).

I could not imagine how so many resort facilities, etc. built during past years — definitely not overnight — have now become illegal and subject to removal.

Those places where such facilities were built were very quiet and sleepy environ- ments before construction started.

How did local authorities not notice that such busy activities for building facilities had suddenly started under their jurisdictions and were completed?

Did they sleep as quietly as their environment and were not awakened to the sounds of construction work?

Such consequences need prosecution and removal of derelict authorities. RH SUGA Lamphun