Two landfills inaugurated

• Published date: 23 February 2023
• Publication title: The Phnom Penh Post

Two landfills were officially handed over by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport to Kampong Chhnang and Pursat provincial administrations on February 22 as part of the first phase of the Tonle Sap Urban Environment Management Improvement Project built with a loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol spoke at a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Kampong Chhnang town: 'People are not very interested in the work of building landfills, as well as the wastewater treatment system, but both were made by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport, and today is the first time that my colleagues and I inaugurated a landfill in Kampong Chhnang and another landfill in Pursat, two on the same day,' he said.

Chanthol said that the landfills in Kampong Chhnang and Pursat are the first two of 12 projects that ADB has provided credit and technology for the construction of.

According to the public works ministry, the entire Kampong Chhnang project is built on a total land area of 11.65ha and is scheduled to be used from 2022 to 2032 for residents of Kampong Chhnang town and the districts near...