barges on the river high in the water when they arrive empty and low when they take away the sand from the river bed. this is happening in many places in asia in vietnam in malaysia in indonesia sand has been pumped out of the river for years causing banks to collapse and rivers to change course. the much water and i don t know where all those people come from or who they are there are so many digging machines i only know that they ve come to get the sand. some neighbors have stopped by they say the river has carried away more than 100 homes some are still sleeping outdoors along with their children. yet of off the sand belongs to everyone to el of us those people are taking it away and driving us to the brink of ruin at one point the villagers were so outraged they gathered on the riverbank to protest. we were standing from here to over there. we curse them and yelled go away go
that people start fighting over something as monday. but sand as an essential component. of concrete is the stuff of which asia s growing mega cities in cambodia is being dragged from the mekong river loving rights with disastrous results for local residents. removing too much sand from the bed in banks of a river can disturb its equilibrium here the may come washed everything away trees the riverside road. the houses on fire you don t put up but it was night time you were asleep and suddenly we heard a noise we thought it was the children but then the house started to move i was terrified we crawled out and ran away. but now my. yellow cam use the remains of the house to build a shack with one bedroom and a kitchen but no inside walls or a toilet the family collects rainwater to drink and when they look over to where their small plantation once was where their wooden house stood they can see the
away. but they came back we re too poor so we lost. the rich people have won. here outside the capital numb pen there are piles of sand for the cities building sites like here this man works for an environmental n.g.o.s. 2016 which checked official shipping documents and discovered that cambodia had claimed to be sending a little sand to singapore and singapore registered many times more so something doesn t add up but the government has never commented on this. sand used to be something that never ran out but now it s become a sought after resource and the foundation of the wealth of cities. now is the. future of public transport the germans. think so tested one of its flying taxis
away. but they came back we re too poor so we lost. the rich people have won. here outside the capital numb pen there are piles of sand for the city s building sites and here this man works for an environmental n.g.o.s. 2016 we checked official shipping documents and discovered that cambodia had claimed to be sending a little sand to singapore but singapore registered many times more so something doesn t add up but the government has never commented on this. sand used to be something that never ran out but now it s become a sought after resource and the foundation of the wealth of cities. before we go may be over is not really the taxi s official replacement but the unmanned air taxi is a german start of volo copter certainly thinks so the company tested one of its flying
much of it is. surely to newsgroup africa and the world or link to exceptional stories and discussions from the news and the easy to out with say d w 2 come small countries join us on facebook. or go. to japan softbank officially takes control of workspace start of we work for billions of dollars even after the rescue we work staff face layoffs if the company s head leaves with a massive payoff will have the details. of the program southeast asia s rapid development is behind an enormous appetite for sand for construction there but that is taking a huge toll on local ecosystems. and the future of cab rides this year german