Evictees sick as rubbish piles up

4 September 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Infrastructure / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Urban administration and development / Urban sanitation infrastructure / Urban water and sanitation infrastructure / Water and sanitation infrastructure and facilities
Adhoc / Borei Keila community / Phan Imex Company / Phnom Penh City Hall

Evictees of Phnom Penh’s Borei Keila community appealed yet again to municipal authorities for alternative housing yesterday, saying garbage and waste has inundated their current settlement and is making it increasingly difficult to enter and exit the area.

Borei Keila residents were evicted from their land on January 3 last year as Phan Imex employees, backed by local authorities, demolished about 300 homes. Many have lived in tents at the site ever since. …

Respiratory infections and diarrhoeal diseases are plaguing the community due to the settlement’s lack of public infrastructure, mounting waste problem and polluted environment. …

 Khouth Sophak Chakrya
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