Capital canal restored for flood prevention phnompenhpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from phnompenhpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Restoration work by the Phnom Penh Municipal Department of Public Works and Transport on the more than 6km Tuol Pongro 2 canal will break ground later this month. The project aims to reduce flooding in the southwestern part of the capital caused by heavy rains during the wet season.
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An excavator is clearing the Boeung Tompun canal on May 9. The Phnom Penh municipal Department of Public Works and Transport
Nearly 7K tonnes of waste removed from capital’s clogged up canal
Tue, 11 May 2021
The Sewage, Pumping and Treatment Unit under the Phnom Penh municipal Department of Public Works and Transport has cleared the Boeung Tompun canal and collected nearly 7,000 tonnes of various kinds of rubbish.
Duong Chansarath, the head of the unit, said on May 10 that the working group had cleaned the BoeungTompun Canal out because there was a lot of grass and also rubbish which blocked the flow of water.
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A woman pushes her food cart past the Boeung Trabek wewage canal in Phnom Penh’s Chamkarmon district early this month. Hong Menea
Over 1,000 tonnes of rubbish removed from capital’s canal
Mon, 5 April 2021
Around 1,500 tonnes of rubbish, mostly plastic, was removed from the capital’s Boeung Trabek canal last month – an amount officials said was huge but less than before.
Duong Chansarath, head of the drainage and sewage unit at the Phnom Penh municipal Department of Public Works and Transport, said his team had disposed of waste that was blocking the sewage canal from March 10-31 in a bid to reduce flooding in the coming rainy season.
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