A delegation of the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on March 4 inspected the Kamping Puoy reservoir irrigation improvement project in Battambang province.
The French Development Agency (AFD) and Asian Development Bank (ADB) are joining forces to assist Battambang province with building two big irrigation projects covering over 40,000ha in Kors Kralor and Ratanak Mondol districts.
Some of the mountainous areas in Battambang province’s Banan district – near the Kamping Puoy cave – are part of a 10km stretch of hundreds-of-million-year-old limestone, it has been discovered, thanks to the presence of fossils.
Police in Battambang province’s Banan district and forensic specialists on February 20 inspected a human skeleton in Chhoung Svay Cave in Ta Kriem commune’s Ta Ngen village after villagers had found the remains and reported the discovery the day prior.