By SEA Globe
Oct. 24, 2019
From our print archive: The flooding that inundated much of northern Phnom Penh has receded, but Lakeside residents now face a much greater threat
Editor’s note: Few land rights cases have been more infamous in Cambodia than the long-running struggle of the Boeung Kak Lake residents. Where once the lake provided life and livelihoods to the community that grew around it, the dry sands of Boeung Kak now sag beneath seemingly never-ending construction. And with nowhere else to drain, the water left rushing through the streets by the daily wet season rainfall is rising ever higher. In December 2009, we investigated the lakeside community’s fight against the floods.
The man may well have a point. He is a victim of the Cambodian
premier’s claim that unrestrained development is better than no
development at all.
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Oct. 24, 2019
From our print archive: The flooding that inundated much of northern Phnom Penh has receded, but Lakeside residents now face a much greater threat
Editor’s note: Few land rights cases have been more infamous in Cambodia than the long-running struggle of the Boeung Kak Lake residents. Where once the lake provided life and livelihoods to the community that grew around it, the dry sands of Boeung Kak now sag beneath seemingly never-ending construction. And with nowhere else to drain, the water left rushing through the streets by the daily wet season rainfall is rising ever higher. In December 2009, we investigated the lakeside community’s fight against the floods.
Watching the flooding in Hanoi late last year, a
bemused Toul Kork resident asked: “What are they complaining about? My
house is almost completely underwater and no-one takes any notice.”
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