Residents, Activists Call for City to Stop Filling In Lakes
- CEOCambodiaNews
- Expatriate
- Posts: 62322
- Joined: Sun Oct 12, 2014 5:13 am
- Reputation: 4033
- Location: CEO Newsroom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Contact:
Residents, Activists Call for City to Stop Filling In Lakes
Residents, Activists Call for City to Stop Filling In Lakes
by Sek Odom | April 1, 2016
Protesters from Phnom Penh’s lakeside communities spent an hour facing off with police on Thursday on a road on the former Boeng Kak lake before turning around and taking a different route to the National Assembly, where they demanded an end to the infilling and development on the city’s remaining lakes.
Some 200 protesters from communities surrounding the Boeng Tompun, Boeng Trabek, and Boeng Kak lakes gathered on the sand dunes that now stand where the latter lake was before being filled in over the past decade for a CPP senator’s real estate project.
Outspoken land rights activist Tep Vanny shouts at police during a rally in Phnom Penh on Thursday morning. (Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily)
Experts say the city’s lakes, apart from offering livelihoods to local residents, act as buffers against flooding during the rainy season and as natural treatment areas for the city’s sewage.
Boeng Kak evictee and activist Tep Vanny said the protesters come from some 40 lakeside communities but were speaking on behalf of all city residents, who were together suffering the negative consequences of the lakes being filled in.
Continue reading: https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/resi ... es-110715/
by Sek Odom | April 1, 2016
Protesters from Phnom Penh’s lakeside communities spent an hour facing off with police on Thursday on a road on the former Boeng Kak lake before turning around and taking a different route to the National Assembly, where they demanded an end to the infilling and development on the city’s remaining lakes.
Some 200 protesters from communities surrounding the Boeng Tompun, Boeng Trabek, and Boeng Kak lakes gathered on the sand dunes that now stand where the latter lake was before being filled in over the past decade for a CPP senator’s real estate project.
Outspoken land rights activist Tep Vanny shouts at police during a rally in Phnom Penh on Thursday morning. (Siv Channa/The Cambodia Daily)
Experts say the city’s lakes, apart from offering livelihoods to local residents, act as buffers against flooding during the rainy season and as natural treatment areas for the city’s sewage.
Boeng Kak evictee and activist Tep Vanny said the protesters come from some 40 lakeside communities but were speaking on behalf of all city residents, who were together suffering the negative consequences of the lakes being filled in.
Continue reading: https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/resi ... es-110715/
Join the Cambodia Expats Online Telegram Channel: https://t.me/CambodiaExpatsOnline
Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
Facebook
Twitter
YouTube
Instagram
Cambodia Expats Online: Bringing you breaking news from Cambodia before you read it anywhere else!
Have a story or an anonymous news tip for CEO? Need advertising? CONTACT US
Cambodia Expats Online is the most popular community in the country. JOIN TODAY
Follow CEO on social media:
YouTube
Re: Residents, Activists Call for City to Stop Filling In Lakes
This!
Experts say the city’s lakes, apart from offering livelihoods to local residents, act as buffers against flooding during the rainy season and as natural treatment areas for the city’s sewage.
-
- Similar Topics
- Replies
- Views
- Last post
-
- 1 Replies
- 1178 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 2 Replies
- 2154 Views
-
Last post by newkidontheblock
-
- 21 Replies
- 7732 Views
-
Last post by aggro
-
- 0 Replies
- 873 Views
-
Last post by CEOCambodiaNews
-
- 20 Replies
- 4763 Views
-
Last post by Big Daikon
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: Ahrefs [Bot], Alex, ali baba, Clutch Cargo, Cooldude, IraHayes, Kayve, KevinTan, siliconlife and 1267 guests