Evictees sick as rubbish piles up

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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