Digging of deep quarry halted after protesters block road

16 January 2012
The Cambodia Daily
Concessions / Environment and natural resources / Extractive Industries / Extractive industries policy and administration / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Mining / Public land lease / Quarrying
damaged rice paddies / Dangkao district / excavation / Khut Divatana Company / Land dispute / land tenure / Phnom Penh / Prek Kampoes / Protest / quarry / rice paddies / topsoil

Authorities in Phnom Penh’s Dangkao district have ordered a land excavation company to stop digging an enormous quarry in Prek Kampoes commune that villagers claim has damaged surrounding rice paddies. Last Wednesday, about 100 villagers blocked National Road 2, burning car tires in protest against the 20-meter-deep quarry, which currently covers several hectares of land and has been excavated by the Khut Divatana Company to collect topsoil to sell as landfill…