Tag: Railway

Families from Kilometer 6, Tuol Sangke 1 commune, Russei Keo district, meet with officials about their resettlement plots, July 29, 2022. CamboJA/Pring Samrang

Land plots awarded to hundreds of families living along derelict train line

30 Jul 2022 2:25 PM|
Seoung Nimol|

Russei Keo district officials announced the relocation of 320 families living along an abandoned railway, prompting dozens of residents further down the tracks to gather…

Members of the Cambodian People’s Party campaign and distribute leaflets of party candidates among the railway community that faces eviction in Boeng Kak II commune, Tuol Kork district, Phnom Penh. Photo taken on May 24, 2022. CamboJA/ Sorn Sarath

Railway families remain uncertain as commune election candidates silent on their relocation

26 May 2022 10:33 AM|
Sorn Sarath|

Seng Pha, 63, is unable to read the leaflets of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) posted on the wall of her wooden house, but she…

Iev Mach empties recyclables into a cart near her home in Toul Kok district, where her community is facing eviction to make way for a new road and drainage system, on January 15. Panha Chhorpoan

Authorities pass buck in railway eviction, residents say

4 Feb 2021 11:15 AM|
Sorn Sarath|

Six months after receiving an eviction notice, a community living alongside the railway in Phnom Penh finally met with City Hall officials to make their…

Iev Mach walks out of her home, which is set to be demolished to make way for a new road, in Toul Kok district on January 15. Panha Chhorpoan

A bridge too far: Railway families reject relocation as threat of eviction mounts

19 Jan 2021 6:41 PM|
Sorn Sarath|

About fifty meters from Techno Skybridge, hidden from the cars that drive across it, 25 families live alongside the railway track in a cobbled-together community…