There’s been a response to a current scandal involving an 871 million baht procurement of solar-powered road lamps designed with mythical kinnaree figures by the native administration of Racha Thewa, in Samut Prakan. Sweeping measures are being introduced to ensure transparency and accountability in future such initiatives. This conspicuous procurement resulted in misconduct expenses being pressed towards a minimum of 40 implicated individuals, Bangkok Post reported.
Issaree Hunsacharoonroj, an ombudsman, expressed concern for these costly initiatives, stating that their price has yet to be proven.
“An investigation performed by the Office of the Ombudsman has discovered there nonetheless are many local administrative organisations considering implementing related procurements.
“The Office of the Ombudsman, Comptroller General’s Department [CGD], State Audit Office, Department of Local Administration and Ministry of Interior have due to this fact mentioned measures to improve their accountability and transparency.”
To hold a verify on the high-value purchases of road lamps, a new, shared database of median prices shall be established by the CGD for companies to consult in the course of the implementation or inspection of such tasks. Furthermore, native administrative organisations might be required to notify the Office of the Ombudsman earlier than making any bulk orders for this stuff. Fill in the blanks added…
“A scientific method shall be carried out to evaluate the median costs of these sculptural road lamps which many native administrative organisations are excited about using to reveal their native identity.”
In addition, he voiced that whereas these lamps are principally designed to boost street lighting after darkish, their extravagant cost could be unjustified if regular avenue lamps already suffice for this function.
Speaking of promoting tourism by showcasing local identification, he instructed that decorative street lamps solely be installed judiciously, focusing on essential parts of a road..