PHNOM PENH, April 1 (Xinhua) -- A section of about 50 meter long bank of the Tonle Sap River collapsed on Tuesday afternoon in suburb Phnom Penh, drowning 38 poorly-constructed river-side houses but causing no human death so far.
The collapse occurred beside the National Road No. 5 in the Russy Keo District, some 300 meters north of the symbolic Cambodian-Japanese Bridge across the river, district governor Klang Hout told reporters on the scene.
No one was found dead but some family properties were lost, he said, adding that at lease a hundred residents were affected.
The reason of collapse was not clear yet, but overburden might be the answer.
In Cambodia, disadvantaged people used to build simple houses on river banks and feed on fishing and boating. Most of the times, the government is believed to be short of finance and personnel to replace these people to safe places.
Editor: An Lu
The collapse occurred beside the National Road No. 5 in the Russy Keo District, some 300 meters north of the symbolic Cambodian-Japanese Bridge across the river, district governor Klang Hout told reporters on the scene.
No one was found dead but some family properties were lost, he said, adding that at lease a hundred residents were affected.
The reason of collapse was not clear yet, but overburden might be the answer.
In Cambodia, disadvantaged people used to build simple houses on river banks and feed on fishing and boating. Most of the times, the government is believed to be short of finance and personnel to replace these people to safe places.
Editor: An Lu
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