Jun 7th, 2010DredgingToday.com
Around 200 villagers living along the Mekong River in Kandal province protested Sunday against sand-dredging operations that they say are eroding riverbanks and threatening their farmland.
Muth Thoeun, a resident of Chong Koh village in Kien Svay district’s Koh Oknhatey commune, said Sunday that more than 10 ships have been dredging sand in the river close to his village since early in the year, prompting calls for authorities to intervene.
“People are very scared of the land falling into the river, because those ships are dredging sand about 100 meters from the riverbank,” he said. “I do not mean to interrupt their business but they must do it legally.”
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