Farmers finger canal for paddy woes
Time is running out for 300 hectares of rice fields in the Baray district of Kampong Thom facing water shortages from a poorly repaired canal, according to affected villagers. The Ministry of Water Resources took two years to restore the more than 30 kilometre-long canal with help from private donors, completing construction in January. Lim Phalla, the deputy district governor in Baray district, said the water shortage was not caused by the canal, but the lack of initiative from villagers to instal pumps that will route the water to crops. …
