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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Ground at purple line site stable | History Defined

Experts inspect cracks in a building next to the tunnel-leak site in Klong San district, Bangkok, on Monday. (Photo: Klong San district office)

Ground movement at the Bangkok Purple Line South construction site has stabilised after last week’s tunnel water leak, and unaffected roads are expected to reopen within a week, the Ministry of Transport reported on Monday.

Water leaked into a railway tunnel on the Tao Poon–Rat Burana section on July 8, causing ground subsidence and cracks on Prajadhipok Road near Wongwian Yai. The incident prompted road closures, evacuations and inspections of nearby buildings.

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