An aerial view shows connected sinkholes within a few metres of the Banbonkaokangriang School grounds in Sri Sawat district of Kanchanaburi on Saturday. The sinkholes are threatening Banbonkaokangriang School, which educates 187 children from kindergarten to grade 9 in tambon Tha Kradan. School director Somwut Srisangworn said there used to be a stream flowing near the school to a waterfall. They recommended that a canal be built to divert the course of the waterway away from the area to protect the school, but school management were unable to raise sufficient funds, the school director said. Somjit Kaewjam, a member of the Tha Kradan tambon administration organisation, said that the next school term would start on Wednesday but parents were reluctant to send their children back to the school.

Source: Bangkok Post October 28, 2017 13:41 UTC