Japan Proposes Study on Flood Prevention System for Prek Tnaot River

Japan has proposed to seek remedies to the severe flooding of the Prek Tnaot River, which has been damaging infrastructure and threatening the lives of people in the Southern part of Phnom Penh and surrounding provinces continuously for multiple years.

The proposal was made by the President of the Japan-Cambodia Association Mr Takahashi Fumaiki in a meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen, on 1 February.

PM’s personal assistant HE Eang Sophalleth told reporters after the meeting that Mr Takahashi has requested PM Hun Sen to allow access and facilitate the study of the flood prevention system for the Prek Thnout River.

PM Hun Sen, in response, supported the project and assigned Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister HE Sok Chenda Sophea and Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology HE Lim Kean Hor to facilitate the Japanese team on this study.

Takahashi Fumaiki confirmed that some parts of the feasibility study on the project have already recently been done.

In 2020 and 2021, areas in Dangkor and Kambol districts, southwestern areas of Phnom Penh as well as in some districts in Kandal and Kampong Speu provinces, were severely affected by the flooding of the Prek Tnaot River.

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