Locals Lobby Ice Factory to Reduce Noise, Smell

A factory in Phnom Penh has been ordered to construct a barrier to reduce noise, and a bad smell, from ice-making machinery that runs 24 hours a day and has local residents losing sleep, district officials said. … Seventy families from Russei Keo district’s Kilometer 6 commune met with representatives of the factory along with district officials on Friday to address complaints over the constant noise, as well as grievances that the factory was producing a foul smell, deputy district governor Ly Rosamy said yesterday. “We ordered the factory to build a barrier to cover the sound and smell [from their ice-making machines], and both parties agreed with the solution,” Ms. Rosamy said. …

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