http://www.khmer440.com/chat_forum/view ... 12#p886741aem wrote:maybe it is connected to the the opening of the dam that is up river? I understand they open it regularly and I was wondering how dangerous that would be for anyone in or close to the river? I mean they play a freaking loud alarm each time they do it that lasts for at least ten minutes. I guess they would not have to do this if it wasn't dangerous...
Speaking of dams...
the news below, reminds me of what indigenous in Australia have gone through with mining /drilling operations on ancestral lands. The mining and energy companies got smart and 'bought' indigenous people's consent by paying for education and training, etc. The companies then boost their image as they can now claim they actively contribute to improving the lives of indigenous locals (at the cost of their traditions, sacred land ... and eventually, their culture). At least the people get something from it in Australia. No such luck here (yet).
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/govt ... es-132499/Government Rejects 11th-Hour Reprieve for Sesan Dam Families
An official in Stung Treng province said there was no way to grant a last-minute reprieve requested on Thursday by villagers whose homes could be flooded within days once testing of the Lower Sesan II hydropower dam begins on Saturday.
About 10 representatives of the more than 100 families traveled to Phnom Penh on Thursday for a media conference hosted by the NGO Forum to publicly implore the government to delay testing of the dam for one more month. The families—most of them from indigenous ethnic minorities—have refused to move to a relocation site the government has prepared for them in Sesan district, reluctant to give up their ancestral lands and worried about losing their traditional way of life.