Power out
Electricity poles fall onto a footpath in the Taling Chan district of Bangkok due to a rainstorm on November 1.
On track
Authorities plan rail link
The construction of a dual-track railway that will put Bangkok on a route to southern China is expected to start in May 2016.
Thai and Chinese authorities initially set the end of this year as the starting date, but issues over route design and funding delayed the project. Both sides have therefore rescheduled the start date to the first half of 2016, Ministry of Transport officials said on October 30.
Discussions over seeking loans from China are in progress.
Rail accident
Student crushed by train
An 18-year-old student was killed on October 29 after he fell from a moving train in Pathum Thani’s Khlong Luang district, authorities said.
Pongsakorn Dittoeyluang, a Matthayom 6 student from Sikan School, was found dead on the railway tracks between Chiang Rak and Rangsit stations.
A witness said Pongsakorn was standing on the carriage stairs and he might have slipped. He tumbled under the train and was crushed to death.
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Meth bust
Police catch criminal
Police caught a 35-year-old man. It happened on October 29 in Chiang Mai. He was arrested for trafficking six kilos of crystal methamphetamine. The trafficker was from Chon Buri.
Vocabulary
- reschedule (v): to change the time at which something has been arranged to happen, especially so that it takes place later
traffic (v): illegal trade in something
