City Hall to train guards to drive garbage trucks

21 July 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Government / Government services / Infrastructure / Provincial and local governments / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure
Cintri / Ngoun Sipheng / Phnom Penh City Hall

City Hall announced on Friday plans to train five security guards from each of Phnom Penh’s 12 districts to drive garbage trucks as back-up in the event of another strike by Cintri workers, part of a three-step solution to tackle the much-publicized shortcomings of the city’s sole waste collection company. Cintri workers called off their second strike of the year earlier this month after accepting a $10-per-month wage bump. But the threat of further strikes remains, and the walkout once again highlighted the company’s inability to manage the city’s growing waste issue. …

 Ben Sokhean
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