Konkoita
Konkoita (, originally from Karen; approximated in Thai as Kaeng Khoi Tha or ) is a former prisoner of war camp in the Sangkhla Buri District of the Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. Located near the Karen village of Ban Kroeng Kruai, it was the location where the two sides of the Burma Railway met on 17 October 1943 at 262.87 kilometres from the starting point in Thailand. Konkoita and neighbouring villages were flooded in June 1984 by the construction of the Vajiralongkorn Dam. The population in the area was resettled several kilometres from the original villages. Burma Railway In 1939, plans had been developed by the Empire of Japan to construct a rail road connecting Thailand with Burma. Construction of the Burma Railway started on 16 September 1942. On 9 May 1943, the first 700 prisoners of war arrived at Konkoita to build the railway, and started building three work camps. On 15 May, there was a cholera outbreak at Shimo Nicke (Shimo Ni Thea). An advice by the British commander Colonel Harris to the Japanese Lieutenant colonel Banno to stop transit parties into Konkoita was not heeded, and cholera spread over five camps. In August construction started on a large