Officials from the Banteay Meanchey provincial water resources and agriculture departments have joined forces to pump water to nearly 1,000ha of dry-season rice in Mongkol Borei district in the face of water shortages.
More than 2,000ha of dry season rice in three communes of Banteay Meanchey province’s Preah Netr Preah district are at risk of damage by a lack of irrigation water as canals dry up due to drought, the authorities and farmers said. The three communes are Phnom Leap, Prasat and Teuk Chor.
The Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court on December 22 detained a commune chief in Preah Netr Preah district and a reporter from the Khmer Student News Unit on charges of illegal encroachment, occupation and sale of state land that is part of Region 3 of the Tonle Sap Lake wetlands.
More than 50 schools in Banteay Meanchey province have been closed due to flooding, according to Chhou Bunroeung, director of the provincial Department of Education, Youth and Sport.
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