ADB to Provide Money for Cambodia’s Flood Defense Plan

Wednesday, December 05, 2007

December 3, 07: When meeting with Prim Minster Hun Sen in Takmao mansion, Mr. Arjun Thapan, general director of ADB in ASEAN department, told Samdech that ADB has money approximated $130 million dollar to control water and natural resources in the region. Arjun Thapan said with hope that amount of the money would be used for flood defense plan in Cambodia.

PM Hun Sen replied that some flood cases were not caused of severely water flowing, but because of infrastructure without sufficient drainage system and the depth of river and handle canals are getting lower. We are examining and restoring those matters.