Cambodia launches $200 mln irrigation project in eastern provinces

21 February 2013
The Cambodia Herald
Agricultural production / Agriculture and fishing / Crop products and commodities / Environment and natural resources / Rice / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
Canals / China Loans / Chinese aid / Guangzhou Wanan Construction Supervison Co Ltd / irrigation / irrigation canals / irrigation project / Kamchay Mea district / Kampong Cham / Kampong Cham Province / Koh Sotin district / Lim Kean Hor / Mekong river / Mesang district / Prey Veng / Prey Veng Province / rice / Sithor Kandal / Sithor Kandal district / Svay Chikray commune / Svay Rieng / Svay Rieng Province / Ta Douk commune / Vaico River project

The government launched Thursday a $200 million project to divert water from the Mekong River to irrigate 300,000 hectares of rice fields in Prey Veng, Svay Rieng and Kampong Cham provinces. … Under the first phase, estimated to cost $100 million, canals will be restored between Koh Sotin district in Kampong Cham and Sithor Kandal district in Prey Veng (13 kilometers), and between Sithor Kandal and Kamchay Mea district, also in Prey Veng (27 kilometers). …

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