Heavy rainfall yesterday led to the sudden emergence of a 1.5-meter deep sinkhole on Chaeng Watthana Street in Nonthaburi, inflicting extreme site visitors disruption that prolonged as much as the Lak Si monument. Visitors needed to be redirected with the partial closure of two lanes as a security measure at midday immediately.
Chaeng Watthana Street, straight affected by the sinkhole, significantly its outbound facet, was coping with a heavy circulation of site visitors in direction of the Pak Kret intersection. The appreciable gap stretched to almost 2 meters extensive, and 4 meters lengthy, abruptly showing within the second lane from the roadside, remodeling it right into a cavern of serious magnitude. Solely two obtainable lanes remained for the inflow of autos that usually traversed the trail, resulting in extended site visitors congestion.
Talking on the state of affairs, Police Lieutenant Colonel Noppadol Panyakrakrong, Deputy Inspector of Pak Kret Police Station, said that heavy rainfall the day prior to this within the Pak Kret space led to flooding and consequential drain overflow. The rainwater operated as a catalyst, sweeping away sand from underneath the asphalt and into the drain, subsequently inducing the formation of a subterranean void beneath the street, resulting in its eventual collapse, reported KhaoSod.
Upon receiving the report at round 10am immediately, officers have been diligently coordinating speedy reparations on the crater. Lt. Col. Noppadol mentioned…
“After the cement work to patch the opening is accomplished, we estimate that we will restart regular site visitors preparations round 2pm to 3pm.”
The closure of two lanes has triggered site visitors gridlock extending from Chaeng Watthana Street to Lak Si Monument. Frequent motorists are requested to keep away from Chaeng Watthana Street throughout these hours.
Moreover, Santirat Suwannapim, an engineer from the Pink Line electrical practice undertaking working underneath Chino – Thai Co., Ltd., mentioned the difficulty stemmed from an underground pipe-pulling operation which let unfastened the sand together with the water.
The street floor at that specific spot had been constructed properly over 4 to 5 months in the past however the current extreme rainfall led to the creation of a major cavity. Santirat mentioned…
“As we performed a road-surface investigation, we discovered an roughly 1-meter-deep pit beneath. As soon as we end repairing the sinkhole later immediately round 3pm, all 4 lanes are anticipated to be again to regular operation.”