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As lake disappears, a development dilemma

30 June 2014
The Cambodia Daily
Concessions / Development policy and administration / Environment and natural resources / Floods / Government / Human rights / Infrastructure / Land / Land tenure and land titling / Phnom Penh / Provincial and local governments / Public land lease / Rivers and lakes / Social development / Urban administration and development / Water and sanitation / Water resources
Boeng Kak / Boeng Pong Peay / Boeng Reak Reay / Boeng Snor / Boeng Tompun / Boeng Trabek / Drainage and Sewer Improvement Project / European Commission’s International Scientific Cooperation / Japanese International Cooperation Agency / JICA / Long Dimanche / Phnom Penh City Hall / Togo Uchida

Looking out from his house, held up by three-meter stilts on a peninsula that juts into Boeng Tompun lake, Chan Sokhom can see the sand inching closer to him every day. Within a few years, the sand will likely reach his doorstep. By then, Mr. Sokhom ...

 Cameron Rhoads and Sek Odom
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/as-lake-disappears-a-development-dilemma-62718/

Sewage canal bursts its banks

Raw sewage spewed onto Street 105 from the antiquated discharge canal running parallel to it yesterday as heavy rains continued to create headaches in the capital. The putrid water lipped homes and local business on the street in Chamkarmon’s Boeung Trabek commune, alarming residents. Togo Uchida, ...

 Phak Seangly and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sewage-canal-bursts-its-banks

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