Written by Moeun Chhean Nariddh
Phnom Penh
Letter to The Phnom Penh Post
Dear Editor,
In the article "Phnom Penh rated the second-worst city in the world to visit", October 22, we feel like this rating by the National Geographic Society's Center for Sustainable Destinations is very correct as far as current development is concerned.
Personally, my family is now badly affected by the double problems caused by the city development, particularly the filling of Boeung Kak.
First, the filling of the lake has disturbed the grave of my eldest sister who was buried on a tiny island in the middle of the lake after she died as a baby some 60 years ago.
Second, the dumping of sewage water from the lake has flooded my and other people's houses and schools in Russey Keo district. The sewage water brings human faeces, rotting rats and swarms of mosquito eggs into our houses.
One of my neighbours had to hire a crane to lift his car out of the house, because he could not drive through the deep sewage.
One of my sons has not been able to go to school since Monday due to the flooding.
If the developers do not stop pumping sewage water with human faeces into our home, I will suspend my other son's schooling and send them to live with their grandmother in Kampong Cham to avoid getting sick.
Actually, we favour any kind of development, but it should be done in a fair and sustainable manner.
Our houses would not be flooded if the developers pumped the sewage water from Boeung Kak slowly until the dry season comes in the next few weeks
To improve the next National Geographic rating, there should be a more sustainable and fair plan to develop Phnom Penh and the rest of Cambodia.
Personally, my family is now badly affected by the double problems caused by the city development, particularly the filling of Boeung Kak.
First, the filling of the lake has disturbed the grave of my eldest sister who was buried on a tiny island in the middle of the lake after she died as a baby some 60 years ago.
Second, the dumping of sewage water from the lake has flooded my and other people's houses and schools in Russey Keo district. The sewage water brings human faeces, rotting rats and swarms of mosquito eggs into our houses.
One of my neighbours had to hire a crane to lift his car out of the house, because he could not drive through the deep sewage.
One of my sons has not been able to go to school since Monday due to the flooding.
If the developers do not stop pumping sewage water with human faeces into our home, I will suspend my other son's schooling and send them to live with their grandmother in Kampong Cham to avoid getting sick.
Actually, we favour any kind of development, but it should be done in a fair and sustainable manner.
Our houses would not be flooded if the developers pumped the sewage water from Boeung Kak slowly until the dry season comes in the next few weeks
To improve the next National Geographic rating, there should be a more sustainable and fair plan to develop Phnom Penh and the rest of Cambodia.
10 comments:
I used to hear the PM said that "uncontrollable development is better than uncontrollable destruction." However, these two acts are equally bad. Why PM did not say "planned development is better than uncontrollable development." The flooding in Russey Keo is the result of controllable development of the government. Believe or not, the political actors at municipality are former military people who used to fight, shoot, chase innocent people. But now they are the development strategists at the city. They have false information for people by saying that development do not affect people at all. Even the flooding in some areas now in PP, but they shamelessly said that because of heavy rain in the last few days. Please stop cheating its own people.
This government (gangster CPP) making profits over poor people expends,
by using the word “development”.
The bottom line is corruptions.
correction: expends is expenses.
Do mai may so of ah choymaracy HO Chiminh goat face and ah Tep Vong mother fuckers do they know of middle way of real Buddish?
still, i think the people who actually visited cambodia and see the real changes or result are the one to decide whether they enjoy cambodia or not, so, for who who never visited cambodia has no credibility in all these sayings about cambodia.
I had been in Cambodia few times, I recognized that Cambodia is
the lawless country. The government official and the wealthy
People abuse the poor people.
And another thing the government operated by the gangster called: CPP.
please be part of the solution, not problem.
This is Hun Sen legacy!
I visited Cambodia not because it is a fun place to be but I want to make contribution by not spending my money elsewhere. when i spend my money in Cambodia means another Cambodian has an income.
First of all, the development at Beung Kak should have not taking place. This pond is NOT a man-made. It's nature. and it belongs to the nature since the beginning of time. I'm sure that there are thousands, if not millions, stories to tell that bonded to this pond. Where the hell is their common sense brains. Even a five years old kid can still determin the effect of this act. What are they going to tell their great grand children? that The building here is sitting on the used to be a pond?
These bastards ought to exercise their brains as human's. This is why the National Geographic gave that grade to Phnom Penh.
Stop destroy the NATURE!.
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