PM seeks to protect Ang Thong

Presiding over a meeting held to discuss previous subsidence in Tambon Pho Sa that damaged 14 homes, Yingluck said the area would be declared a disaster zone, while the Interior Ministry's Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department is preparing to evacuate residents from risky areas.
Meanwhile, a 100metrelong section of a road along the Chao Phraya River in Tambon Yan Seu, Ang Thong’s Muang district, subsided at 6am, resulting in a newly constructed flood barrier to collapse. Local resident Amporn Klinpayom said the area had been subsiding since last week and now it was impassable. Initial inspection found a layer of mud four or five metres underneath, which resulted in the soil sliding away into the river, he said.