An unsettling prospect

ថ្ងៃទី ១៧ ខែធ្នូ ឆ្នាំ២០១៣
ភ្នំពេញប៉ុស្តិ៍
បរិស្ថាន និងធនធានធម្មជាតិ / ការការពារបរិស្ថាន និងជីវៈចម្រុះ / ទំនប់វារីអគ្គិសនី / ដីធ្លី / តំបន់ការពារ / ព្រៃការពារ / ផលិតកម្មថាមពលកើតឡើងវិញ
តំបន់អារែង / ប៊ុត ប៊ុនតិញ / វារីអគ្គិសនីជាយអារ៉ែង / ក្រុមហ៊ុន ឆៃណា គោវទាន ខរភើរេហ្សិន / បណ្តាញព្រះសង្ឃឯករាជ្យ ដើម្បីយុត្តិធម៌សង្គម / ទូ សាវុធ

Resettlement studies are being carried out at the site of the proposed Stung Cheay Areng hydropower dam in Koh Kong province, officials said yesterday, amid suggestions that yet another Chinese company is now involved in the controversial project.

Tou Savuth, Thma Bang district governor, said staff from the Phnom Penh-based firm Social, Business and Khmer Research & Development (SBK) along with district and Ministry of Industry, Mines and Energy officials had been working in the area since Friday. …

The team had already estimated that some 400 families in three communes would be relocated to make way for the dam, Savuth said.

China Southern Power Grid unveiled the 109-megawatt dam project in 2010 before later shelving it. Another Chinese company, China Guodian Corporation, soon took over the project, but details about proposed construction have since been unclear. …

 Shane Worrell and Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unsettling-prospect