Since June last year, Phnom Penh City Hall has been dismantling floating houses, illegal structures and fish farming on the river in five districts.
Despite thousands of them being dismantled, there are still some 200 fish farming amilies living on the river as their livelihood depends solely on the river and they have no other businesses or anywhere to go.
Phnom Penh deputy governor Keut Chhe yesterday told the Royal Government Spokesperson Unit (RGSU) that the government needs to give another three years for these fishing communities to leave the river and find other jobs.
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