Toilets, trucks on agenda

6 March 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Development policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Infrastructure / Water and sanitation
Chan Darong / Chea Samnang / Department of Rural Health Care / director of technical affairs Chan Darong / Environmental engineer Steven Iddings / Hun Sen / latrines / Ministry of Rural Development / overloaded vehicles / Phnom Penh / Prime Minister Hun Sen / Road construction / sanitation / Steven Iddings / Transportation / WHO Cambodia

The government announced new plans for developing both transportation and rural sanitation at the annual meeting of the Ministry of Rural Development at the Chaktomuk Conference Hall in Phnom Penh yesterday. According to officials at the event, the ministry will be completing by year’s end a sub-decree laying out penalties for overloaded vehicles – seen by some as a source of added stress on Cambodia’s already pockmarked highways – and will also take measures to increase the number of modern latrines in rural areas over the next 12 years. ...

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