Remote Village Digs Road After Missing Government Loan Program
Residents of a remote Mae Hong Son village manually excavated a road after missing out on government loan programs, preventing potential isolation from supply and trade routes. The subdistrict administrator says marginal communities like Kh
Residents of Khloe Selo in Subdistrict Mae Sam Laep, Mae Hong Son Province, have united to excavate a temporary road on the Kom Muedo–Khloe Selo–Two-Sheet Sea of Mist route after being excluded from government loan programs. On July 12, Subdistrict Administrator Phong Phipatthana Mee Benjammasth praised the community's self-help efforts, noting that continuous rainfall prevented machinery deployment and made manual labor necessary. Without swift action, residents would be cut off from transport routes vital for daily supplies, agricultural goods, and government services.
The administrator further highlighted that marginal communities desperately need local infrastructure development but fail to meet the conditions for government loan programs. This exclusion leaves border populations starved of public investment and development, perpetuating cycles of hardship and blocking economic prospects available to residents of developed urban areas.
