Written by Chhay Channyda
The Phnom Penh Post
Residents living under threat of eviction say their lives got even more difficult when their supply of running water was turned off last month
BOEUNG Kak residents living in Village 2 on the edge of the capital's rapidly-shrinking lake have complained that their water supply was abruptly cut off last month.
"It seems like a threat to villagers to make them leave Boeung Kak," said Pech Sokna, 51, a representative for Village 2 residents.
"I do not know what the reason behind the cutting of our water supply is," she said, adding that the village has 296 families living both on land and on the lake itself.
"The water supply has been cut from only residents' houses on the lake, which is more than 100 families," she said.
The development of Boeung Kak by locally owned private company Shukaku Inc started on August 26 when the sand dredging company HSC began filling the lake.
This is the first stage of a 133-hectare commercial and housing project that will see over 4,000 lakeside families evicted from their homes.
Leave the area
The municipality has been offering cash or replacement housing and money to those who have agreed to leave the site, but still many residents are fighting against the offer and demanding a legal solution and fair compensation for their homes.
"Our life is very difficult under these conditions, and now our water has been cut off," Pech Sokna said, adding that residents have to buy water from nearby, which is costing them around 4,000 riels (US$1) a day.
Chhay Thirith, Srah Chak commune chief, said he was unaware of the problem at Village 2.
"Water for Boeung Kak residents is supplied by a private firm and not the state," he said, but added that now he was aware of the problem he would look into it. "We are a local authority. We never want to harm people."
BOEUNG Kak residents living in Village 2 on the edge of the capital's rapidly-shrinking lake have complained that their water supply was abruptly cut off last month.
"It seems like a threat to villagers to make them leave Boeung Kak," said Pech Sokna, 51, a representative for Village 2 residents.
"I do not know what the reason behind the cutting of our water supply is," she said, adding that the village has 296 families living both on land and on the lake itself.
"The water supply has been cut from only residents' houses on the lake, which is more than 100 families," she said.
The development of Boeung Kak by locally owned private company Shukaku Inc started on August 26 when the sand dredging company HSC began filling the lake.
This is the first stage of a 133-hectare commercial and housing project that will see over 4,000 lakeside families evicted from their homes.
Leave the area
The municipality has been offering cash or replacement housing and money to those who have agreed to leave the site, but still many residents are fighting against the offer and demanding a legal solution and fair compensation for their homes.
"Our life is very difficult under these conditions, and now our water has been cut off," Pech Sokna said, adding that residents have to buy water from nearby, which is costing them around 4,000 riels (US$1) a day.
Chhay Thirith, Srah Chak commune chief, said he was unaware of the problem at Village 2.
"Water for Boeung Kak residents is supplied by a private firm and not the state," he said, but added that now he was aware of the problem he would look into it. "We are a local authority. We never want to harm people."
8 comments:
khmer euy khmer......when is enough is enough?
This animal Government ,came from the trashes to the top ,now it forget it used to be trashes and step all over the poor,the notice to the riches and powers there not will be the safe heaven for you all if the poor getting out of control ,the poor have nothing to loose.
Where is Hun Sen? Prior to election he always came to alleviate and solve the problem. Now that he had won the 4th term PM, and Beoung Kak is in connection with his kid, therefore, Hun Sen is no where to be seen.
Good luck for those who chose to support Hun Sen.
This guy deserve to be hanged when his power is gone and his family shall be wealth to be confiscated by the government. The same way to all his close associates.
Bravo, Bravo,
The Rectangular Strategy:
1- The Rich are getting super-Richer!!!
2- The Strong are getting Stronger!!!
3- The Poor are getting Poorer!!!!
4- The Weak are getting weaker!!!!
5- The Haves are getting More and More
6- The Have-nots are Getting Less and Less.
All These are What HUN XEN's Rectangular Strategy is all about for the previous and this mandate of his Government.
Before that it was the Triangular Strategy, and then the Rectangular and in the future it will be the Pentagon and then Multi-Sided Strategy.
When his national Strategy increases with MORE Sides, More and More Khmers will get poorer and die of famine.
The correct interpretation of HUN SEN's national development strategy is: "THE POVERTY CAN BE COMPLETELY REDUCED IS WHEN ALL THE POOR IN CAMBODIA TOTALLY DIE OR ARE KILLED BY ANY FORM OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HARDSHIP."
Those live under the poverty line do not want Hun Sen's stretegy to have more sides.
Oh My Lord Buddha! May Hun Sen's National Strategy Have NO NO More Sides.
MORE SIDES, MORE DIE.
Black Cat
Khmer euy Khmer.....if Ah Hun Sen is still our stupid leader, Khmer will be worst forever.
This great development idea must be from that hundreds of advisors to Hun Xen.
Thai invasion against Cambodia will save Cambodia; your idiot prime minister will not save you from this mess.
The foreign investors must not invest in Cambodia.
Get yourself out right now.
Also, as the global financial markets melts down, Cambodia will have nothing, but trash and the stupid PM.
There will be a lot of empty building in Beijing and Phnom Penh.
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