At least 32 people have been killed and injured after a construction crane collapsed onto a moving train carrying more than 200 passengers in Thailand’s northeast, renewing concerns over construction safety in the country, following a fatal building collapse last year.

Communities along the railway tracks in Ayutthaya are raising alarms over the proposed high-speed train station, citing its potential to disrupt their livelihoods and threaten the historic city’s status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, while critics argue that, without meticulous planning and reassessment, the project risks irreparably altering a site of global cultural significance.