Northern border highway damaged by landslides
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published : 20 Jul 2021 at 10:33
2 Soldiers from the 33rd Mobile Development Unit clear a landslip from Highway 105 near kilometre marker 81 on Monday morning in Tak s Tha Song Yang district. It was blocked overnight during a rainstorm. (Photo: Assawin Pinitwong)
TAK: Highway 105 was blocked by fallen trees and landslides between Mae Ramat and Tha Song Yang district during heavy rainstorms on Monday night.
The highway was closed to traffic near kilometre marker 81 in Tha Song Yang district and also between Ban Samae and Mae Tuen in tambon Mae Tuen in Mae Ramat district.
The chiefs of Tha Song Yang and Mae Ramat district asked the army for help and the 33rd Mobile Development Unit was assigned the task.
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Dept seizes elephant from camp
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published : 12 Jun 2021 at 09:00 Officials feed the young jumbo as they impound it.
KANCHANABURI: Officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation have impounded a four-year-old elephant at an elephant camp, on suspicion it was caught in the wild.
Wildlife officials, accompanied by local police, went to the Wang Chan elephant camp of Riviere Kwai Elephants Co in tambon Wang Dong of Muang district on Thursday. They were met by the owner s son, Kenji Alison.
Mongkol Chaipakdee, a chief ranger, said Mr Kenji had sought permission to transfer the elephant to Kanchanaburi s Muang district on Oct 27 last year.