Cambodian government to move quickly. Full alert, all the elements were moved in anticipation of flooding. According to Prime Minister Hun Sen, floods because the rain was so heavy since August is really a catastrophe. "The death toll has reached 247 people," Hun Sen said as quoted by Xinhua on Thursday (13/10/2011).
In a cabinet meeting stubs chance flood it, Hun Sen also said that, this time more deadly disasters than in previous years. Noted there are 1.2 million people suffer because of flooding.
Cambodian government agreed not to hold this year's Water Festival.
It had been so, the floods destroyed 190,000 hectares of paddy or 7.7 percent of the total rice crop in Cambodia. Stagnant water is also making another 390,000 hectares of rice crops affected. That figure is 16 percent of the total rice crop.
Then, the floodwaters also inundate 1970 km of roads. Of that number, 660 kilometers of roads were badly damaged.
Hence, because the magnitude of the impact of flooding this year, the government also agreed not to hold water festival. The festival is a showcase big party for all the people of Cambodia. All the people from various corners of the flooded Phnom Penh to celebrate. Indeed, if nothing gets in the way, Water Fesitval held on 9-11 November 2011.
Even so, years ago, the Water Festival also bring danger. You see, 450 people were killed at Diamond Bridge, the location of the party, because of crowding in a panic when there is a rumor that the bridge was unstable. As a result, many deaths were trampled or plunge into the Tonle Sap River under the bridge between Phnom Penh and Diamond Island.
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