Cambodia’s parliament calls for emergency relief for flood-affected victims

The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday called on national and international charitable groups to provide emergency reliefs to flood-affected people throughout the country, a statement said. The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday called on national and international charitable groups to provide emergency reliefs to flood-affected people throughout the country, a statement said. “The National Assembly expresses deep sympathy to the families whose members have died during the floods,” said the statement. “The National Assembly would like to appeal to national and international charitable groups as well as friendly countries to make voluntary donations to help those flood-affected victims.” … Some 22,000 families have been evacuated to higher grounds. Besides, some 250,000 hectares of rice paddy are also inundated, he said, adding that more than 100 km of national roads and over 300 km of gravel roads have been damaged.

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