PHNOM PENH, Nov. 2 (Xinhua) -- Dragon boat races, fireworks and other celebrations are expected to attract around 1.5 million visitors into the Cambodian capital around the Water Festival from Nov. 4 to 6, and the municipal government has been fully mobilized to embrace the annual heat, local media said on Thursday.
Pa Socheatvong, Phnom Penh's Deputy Governor, estimated that the population of the city will double during the festival, but said the government has got well prepared for the rush.
"I think we have arranged enough toilets for the crowds of people and boat races this year," he was quoted by the Cambodian Daily as saying.
Some 50 provisional toilets, along with the already-installed 30 permanent public toilets, will be more than enough to handle private problems of the incoming visitors.
Meanwhile, some 2,300 policemen, 660 armed forces and 800 official security guards will be deployed to ensure the order during the celebrations, according to reports of Jian Hua Daily.
The police have made a detailed plan to keep the city bustling but safe, it added.
In addition, the municipal government has established seven technical groups respectively in charge of security, health, information, fireworks supervision, boat management, decoration and secretariat, so as to improve its overall control of the activities, according to reports of the Commercial Daily.
Major roads will be blocked against motor vehicles during the festival in order to avoid traffic jam, it said.
Dragon boat races are the most hilarious celebration of the festival, for which more than 20,000 participants have arrived to play over 400 boats on the Mekong River.
The Water Festival is one of the most important festivals in Cambodia, for which people celebrate ebb tide and ensuing re-surface of land. Additionally, water is also a symbol of life and birth in the eyes of the Cambodians.
Pa Socheatvong, Phnom Penh's Deputy Governor, estimated that the population of the city will double during the festival, but said the government has got well prepared for the rush.
"I think we have arranged enough toilets for the crowds of people and boat races this year," he was quoted by the Cambodian Daily as saying.
Some 50 provisional toilets, along with the already-installed 30 permanent public toilets, will be more than enough to handle private problems of the incoming visitors.
Meanwhile, some 2,300 policemen, 660 armed forces and 800 official security guards will be deployed to ensure the order during the celebrations, according to reports of Jian Hua Daily.
The police have made a detailed plan to keep the city bustling but safe, it added.
In addition, the municipal government has established seven technical groups respectively in charge of security, health, information, fireworks supervision, boat management, decoration and secretariat, so as to improve its overall control of the activities, according to reports of the Commercial Daily.
Major roads will be blocked against motor vehicles during the festival in order to avoid traffic jam, it said.
Dragon boat races are the most hilarious celebration of the festival, for which more than 20,000 participants have arrived to play over 400 boats on the Mekong River.
The Water Festival is one of the most important festivals in Cambodia, for which people celebrate ebb tide and ensuing re-surface of land. Additionally, water is also a symbol of life and birth in the eyes of the Cambodians.
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