Government Defends Chinese Dams
Following a dam breach in Pursat province, ruling CPP lawmakers yesterday defended the government’s primary plan to tackle its energy crisis by contracting Chinese companies to build hydropower dams on the country’s rivers. A section of concrete tunnel at the Stung Atai dam in Pursat province broke away on Saturday, seriously injuring four Cambodian workers and reportedly washing away three more. The three workers were still missing yesterday, said Puth Bunchhoeun, military police commander in Veal Veng district, where the dam is located. …
